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A cab drops off a couple of asylum seekers at the U.S.-Canada border near Champlain, N.Y., on Aug. 20. Geoff Robins/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Carl Savarino is president of Buffalo's Speed Global Services, which operates eight trucks a day across the border into Canada. Jim Zarroli/NPR hide caption
Charlene Aleck, an elected councilor of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation in British Columbia stands across the shore from the terminus of the Trans Mountain Pipeline. Ian Stewart/NPR hide caption
An Arby's in Bozeman, Mont. Arby's is the first major fast food chain to serve deer meat nationwide. Nate Hegyi/Yellowstone Public Radio hide caption
Mark Korven plays the Apprehension Engine, a frankenmachine that's designed to make spooky sounds. Kai Korven/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Scary Sound Machine That Is 'Trying To Set People A Little Bit Off-Kilter'
A cab drops off a couple of asylum seekers at the U.S.-Canada border near Champlain, N.Y., on Aug. 20. Geoff Robins/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Former President Barack Obama will report for jury duty in Cook County, Ill., in November. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Former Presidents: They're Just Like Us! Obama Summoned For Jury Duty
The Mexican long-tongued bat is one of the species that pollinates agave, but its ecosystem is being disrupted by large-scale, cheaper methods of making tequila. Merlin Tuttle/Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation hide caption
Bats And Tequila: A Once Boo-tiful Relationship Cursed By Growing Demands
Zainabu Hamayaji went to extreme lengths to protect her family from being abducted by Boko Haram. Ofeibea Quist-Arcton/NPR hide caption
Author Jen Sookfong Lee in front of the Vancouver tea shop where her grandfather's barber shop once stood. Ian Stewart/NPR hide caption