Reporters describe their most memorable stories of the year, fascinating details behind those stories, and share the challenges they faced to reveal tales of brutality, injustice, survival, revenge, dignity and resilience.

CBC went to dozens of countries, hundreds of Canadian communities and shot countless hours of video to bring you the news in 2017. For the people reporting those stories, there are particular moments that stand out above the rest.

Starving in South Sudan

Margaret Evans describes South Sudan as a country in chaos, with mothers and their children trapped, helpless and starving. Evans tells of their struggles to stay connected with each other, in some cases right until the end.

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The ISIS orphans

Chris Brown reveals the gentle side of a high-ranking Chechen bureaucrat who is on a mission — flying to Syria to rescue the abandoned children of dead ISIS militants.

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The asylum seekers

Susan Ormiston investigates an underground railroad, a constant stream of migrants heading straight to an illegal crossing at the Canada-U.S. border. When they arrive, they insist on being arrested by the RCMP. Their desperate stories explain why.

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Covering Trump

Paul Hunter filed more than 100 stories on Donald Trump in 2017. He describes the often challenging and always fascinating job of being a journalist during Donald Trump's presidency.

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Interrogating ISIS

Derek Stoffel was offered the rare experience of interviewing ISIS prisoners in Mosul, Iraq. It's a place where the police interrogators think nothing of brutal tactics to persuade people to talk, including kicking a stubborn prisoner in the head.

<font color="white">Derek Stoffel</font> 4:31

Tales of horror

Nahlah Ayed travels to the Bangladesh-Myanmar border and witnesses thousands fleeing the violence. Some of the interviews with Rohingya survivors are the most difficult of her reporting career.

<font color="white">Nahlah Ayed</font> 6:06

The Indigenous Games

Duncan McCue explores a rarely seen view of young indigenous people, athletes from around North America who are focused on success, health and fun.

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Canada's silent crime

Ioanna Roumeliotis gets rare access to the Toronto Police Human Trafficking Unit as its officers plan and carry out stings. Its mandate is to find young, underage girls who are being exploited and forced to work in the sex trade.

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Desperate crossing

Nick Purdon finds a man frozen in the snow after he and producer Leonardo Palleja decide to spend a winter night in Emerson, Manitoba, on the Canada-U.S. border. The man they find is from Somalia, seeking refugee status in Canada.