Pollution
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Air pollution in Mumbai, India is acute, with some reports suggesting breathing the air is akin to smoking a pack or two of cigarettes a day. The city's 20 million people and countless vehicles, factories and construction sites create a thick pall over the city on many days.
A man fishes in a heavily polluted makeshift wetland near the Bandra Railway Station, in the heart of urban Mumbai, India.
Mumbai India is facing a garbge crisis, with 20 million people and landfills at capacity. Mumbai's rat population is estimated to be a mind-boggling 80 million.
A fog of mosquito insecticide fills the street in the Dharavi slum, Mumbai, India. The spray is used to help control malaria.
Mumbai India is facing a garbge crisis, with 20 million people and landfills at capacity. Garbage in public causes infections, cholera and other related diseases, and contributes to Mumbai's mond-boggling population of 85 million rats.
Nighttime view of Lakshmi idols being immersed in the Hooghly Rver - and then immediately taken out to avoid pollution - during Lakshmi Puja, Kolkata, India.
Garbage piles up in Mahim Bay, Mumbai, India. Mumbai's landfills are projected to fill up soon, with the massive Deonar dump, the largest in India, already holding 10 million tons.
A fog of mosquito insecticide fills the street in the Dharavi slum, Mumbai, India. The spray is used to help control malaria.
A man fishes in a heavily polluted makeshift wetland near the Bandra Railway Station, in the heart of urban Mumbai, India.
An airplane approaches the Mumbai airport, as seen from a 20-story apartment rooftop in the Powai area of Mumbai, India.
