Choking on the pace of progress


A sweeper cleaning as smog envelops the area and reduces visibility in Lahore, Pakistan. — AP

MOST of the world has dirty air, with just 17% of cities globally meeting air pollution guidelines, a recent report found.

Switzerland-based air quality monitoring database IQAir analysed data from 40,000 air quality monitoring stations in 138 countries and found that Chad, Congo, Bangladesh, Pakistan and India had the dirtiest air.

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