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  • Smog and smoke from coal fired electricity generation and vehicles, Inner Mongolia, China. See also Cities, Communities., Asia.
  • Air pollution in Kathmandu, Nepal, a persistent health issue. See also Cities, Communities., Asia.
  • Women shop wearing masks against air pollution in Kathmandu, Nepal, a persistent health issue.
  • Woman reads paper in mask, due to air pollution in Kathmandu, Nepal, a persistent health issue.
  • Women shopkeepers with child, wear masks due to street dust and pollution in Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Woman cooks roti over smoky open wood fire in small restaurant, Maimajhua, Nepal
  • Woman cooks roti over smoky open wood fire in small restaurant, Maimajhua, Nepal. See also Asia.
  • Cooking with wood, brush or dung in kitchens, pernicious family and women's health problem which contributes to global warming. Northern India.
  • Cooking with wood, brush or dung in kitchens, as here in Nepal, is pernicious family and women's health problem which contributes to global warming.
  • Cooking with wood, brush or dung in kitchens, as here in Nepal, is pernicious family and women's health problem which contributes to global warming. See also Asia.
  • Cooking with wood, brush or dung in kitchens, as here in Nepal, is pernicious family and women's health problem which contributes to global warming.
  • Cooking with wood, brush or dung in kitchens, as here in Nepal, is pernicious family and women's health problem which contributes to global warming. See also Asia.
  • Biogas burner replaced inside wood fires in village in Nepal, biogas generated from animal and human waste. See also Asia
  • River polluted from human and market waste also used for washing, Huaraz, Peru. See also Water.
  • Yamuna River, near Taj Mahal, Agra, India. Pollution of rivers is major health issue in Asia, made worse by rising temperatures. See also Water, Asia.
  • Vishnumati River, Kathmandu, Nepal. Pollution of rivers is major health issue in Asia, made worse by rising temperatures. See also Water, Asia.
  • Woman pulls water from nearly-dry well, Bhaktapur, Nepal. See also Water, Asia.
  • Water, polluted by erosion, sanitation and chemicals is nevertheless planted in rice, Nepal. See also Water, Agriculture, Asia.
  • Women meet about village issues, including education, health, family relations and climate change, in Uttarakhand, India. See also Asia.
  • Chicago, Illinois, during a heat wave in summer 1995 which killed more than 700 people. For more, see Cities, Communities.