Deep in the Arctic Circle lies Norilsk, a Russian city so harsh and unwelcoming that tourists are banned from visiting. Known ...

Norilsk, Russia, the world's most depressing city, faces extreme cold, isolation, heavy pollution, and a tragic Gulag history, making life harsh for its 175,000 residents.

Just one hour at the shore of Lake Karachay would be enough to kill. The radioactive lake, located in the southern Ural ...

Nine million people have been left choking on toxic, putrid air in the most polluted city on Earth. Vietnam’s capital ... the city has dropped to fourth place. Photographs from Hanoi show ...

This city was built around a former prison where thousand of people died, and the life expectancy is 10 years lower than the ...

Earth’s highest city, its most crowded city, its most polluted city ... identified as the world’s coldest city. “No other place on Earth experiences this temperature extreme,” Iuncker ...

The U.K. came in tenth place. In Europe ... but Asia houses 97 of the 100 most polluted cities on Earth with 83 located in India. As an idea, the most polluted city (for air pollution) is ...

Southeast Asian Cities Among World's Most Polluted, Ranking Shows By Chayut Setboonsarng and Napat Wesshasartar BANGKOK (Reuters) - Southeast Asian cities were among five most polluted in the ...