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World Service,23 Sep 2017,23 mins

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Pascale Harter with stories of strength and hope from around the world. In Mexico, Rajini Vaidyanathan meets Dolores and Antonio, waiting anxiously for news of their son Juan, but he hasn’t called since the earthquake struck. Benjamin Zand spends time with the Libyan coast guard and talks to the migrants risking everything for a better life in Europe. Neil Trevithick visits the forests of Myanmar, where people have suffered but wildlife has been left to flourish. And Steve Rosenberg takes a Magical Mystery Tour with the Russian military in Syria. Photo: Rescuers, firefighters, policemen, soldiers and volunteers remove rubble and debris from a flattened building in search of survivors after a powerful quake in Mexico City on September 19, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / YURI CORTEZYURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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