13 countries with the highest death rates from air pollution
The vast majority of the world's population breathes polluted air, according to a new report from Global Air.
Ninety-five percent of the world's population lives in an area where air quality does not meet World Health Organization standards.
The report also contains data showing the number and frequency of air pollution-related deaths in each country in 2016.
The following are the 13 countries with the highest death rates from air pollution:
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1. Cote d'Ivoire.
A man works at a charcoal plant in Duku, on the west coast of Côte d'Ivoire.
2. North Korea.
Smog over a building under construction.
3. Togo.
A Togolese policeman burns marijuana.
4. Solomon Islands.
Children fishing on a polluted beach in central Honiara.
5. Chad.
Workers mine clay to make bricks at a riverside factory where the clay is fired in kilns to make building materials on the outskirts of Chad's capital.
6. Sierra Leone.
The general view shows downtown Freetown.
7. Somalia.
Somali fishermen swim to the shores of the Indian Ocean at Liido Beach, in Mogadishu.
8. Guinea.
Children at a public dump in Malabo.
9. Niger.
Smoke rises from an illegal oil refinery site in the community of Ogoni.
10. Guinea-Bissau.
Deforestation in Koli.
11. Central African Republic.
UN troops from Rwanda patrol the streets of Bangui.
12. Papua New Guinea.
ExxonMobil Hides Gas Conditioning Plant.
13. Afghanistan.
Aisha, 11, carries coal to be used for cooking and heating.
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