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Garbage piles up near fishing boats 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 solid mat of plastic garbage lines the beach along a freshwater inflow to the Arabian Sea along Juhu Beach in Mumbai, India.
A ferry on the Hooghly River in Kolkata, India, with a factory in the background belching black smoke from a stack. Kolkata has severe air pollution.
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 ferry on the Hooghly River in Kolkata, India, with a factory in the background belching black smoke from a stack. Kolkata has severe air pollution.
Boys from the Colaba fishing village in Mumbai, India haul in a net full of garbage. The boys bring the net back and dump it in an old wooden boat, then frantically sift through the garbage to yield an average of two or three tiny fish per net.
Nighttime view of Lakshmi idols being immersed in the Hooghly Rver - and then immediately taken out to avoid pollution - during Lakshmi Puja, Kolkata, India.