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People walk in front of the India Gate as New Delhi restricts the use of private vehicles for a week in a bid to offer residents some respite from the toxic smog choking the megacity. IMAGES
Millions of people in India's capital start the week choking through "eye-burning" smog, with schools closed, cars taken off the road and construction halted. IMAGES
The pollution in New Delhi hits nearly 30 times the World Health Organization's safe level, prompting doctors to warn of a public health emergency. IMAGES
A study published in Nature Geoscience claims the U.S.’ effort to cut ozone levels have gone to waste due to pollution arriving on the west coast from China. Observations of the phenomena were made using satellites coupled with computer models of how air-borne molecules travel in the lower atmosphere.
Air pollution in Beijing hits a record high but the government is being unusually open about it. Next, we look at the fisherman in Pakistan and India being used as diplomatic bargaining chips. Finally, we look at why trade along the fabled silk road in Afghanistan is becoming scarcer and scarcer.
A Philippine-flagged tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil capsized and sank off Manila on Thursday, authorities said, as they seek to contain a spill stretching several kilometres. IMAGES
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