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Aerial image of Kamarang Mouth Station and airstrip at the confluence of the unpolluted Kamarang River with the mined and heavily polluted Upper Mazaruni River in March 2005, Guyana, South America

Women wash clothes in the polluted water of the Yamuna River, a tributary of the Ganges, New Delhi, India, Asia

Colorful clothes drying in the sun on the banks of the River Yamuna, a polluted tributary of the Ganges, New Delhi, India, Asia

View over the polluted waters of the holy Bagmati River in front of typical Nepalese houses, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Two men unloading sacks of produce from a small boat in Sittwe harbour, wading through polluted water full of plastic rubbish, Sittwe, Rakhine, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Leaves fallen from a willow tree form an abstract pattern in a polluted river, England, United Kingdom

Early morning rush hour in the streets of Delhi, India. Commuters on bicycles are overtaken by the bus.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot taken from the air on a flight to Makhanga, which two months on, is still cut off by the floods when all rail and road connections were washed away, is looking down on the flood waters still sat on the flood plain, and the devastated farmland.

In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the small poor African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64,000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people. This shot taken from the air on a flight to Makhanga, which two months on, is still cut off by the floods when all rail and road connections were washed away, is looking down on the flood waters still sat on the flood plain.

Poor air quality caused by dust from the ongoing drought near Bakersfield, California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, Bakersfield is now the driest city in the USA. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

A female Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) amongst oil spilled from fishing boats in Seahouses harbour, Northumberland, UK.

Rubbish dumped on the tundra outside Ilulissat, with icebergs behind from the Sermeq Kujalleq (Ilulissat Ice fjord), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Greenland, Polar Regions

The village of Toll Bar one of many places hit by unprecedented floods in June 2007, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The village of Toll Bar one of many places hit by unprecedented floods in June 2007, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The village of Toll Bar one of many places hit by unprecedented floods in June 2007, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The village of Toll Bar one of many places hit by unprecedented floods in June 2007, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The village of Toll Bar one of many places hit by unprecedented floods in June 2007, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The village of Toll Bar one of many places hit by unprecedented floods in June 2007, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Rubbish dumped on the tundra outside Ilulissat in Greenland with icebergs behind from the Sermeq Kujalleq (Ilulissat Ice fjord), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Greenland, Polar Regions

Rubbish dumped on the tundra outside Ilulissat in Greenland with icebergs behind from the Sermeq Kujullaq (Ilulissat Ice fjord), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Greenland, Polar Regions

The remains of Northside Bridge in Workington which was swept away in the floods killing PC Bill Barker who was trying to stop traffic from going onto the bridge when it collapsed, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Fife power station, a gas turbine power plant on the site of the former Westfield open cast coal mine, near Ballingry, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Hagshaw Hill wind farm above an abandoned open cast coal mine in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

A conveyor belt taking coal from the Glentaggart open cast coal mine to a roadhead for onward transport by road in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

A conveyor belt taking coal from the Glentaggart open cast coal mine to a roadhead for onward transport by road in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

A warning sign about toxic air pollution outside a power from waste incinerator plant at Billingham on Teesside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Rubbish dumped on the tundra outside Ilulissat in Greenland with icebergs behind from the Sermeq Kujalleq (Ilulissat Ice fjord), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Greenland, Polar Regions

Rubbish dumped on the tundra outside Ilulissat in Greenland with icebergs behind from the Sermeq Kujalleq (Ilulissat Ice fjord), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Greenland, Polar Regions

The village of Toll Bar one of many places hit by unprecedented floods in June 2007, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Glentaggart open cast coal mine to a roadhead for onward transport by road in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The Glentaggart open cast coal mine to a roadhead for onward transport by road in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The Water Edge Hotel in Ambleside flooded out when Lake Windermere reached its highest ever recorded level, Ambleside, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Glentaggart open cast coal mine to a roadhead for onward transport by road in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Slum dwellings in Suihua, Heilongjiang Province pumping out coal smoke into an already highly polluted atmosphere, China, Asia

The village of Toll Bar one of many places hit by unprecedented floods in June 2007, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Decontamination tents near Cockermouth's Main Street on Saturday morning after the floodwaters had receded, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A conveyor belt taking coal from the Glentaggart open cast coal mine to a roadhead for onward transport by road in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The Glentaggart open cast coal mine to a roadhead for onward transport by road in Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Spoil left by open cast coal mining at the abandoned Westfield mine in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Rubbish dumped on the tundra outside Ilulissat in Greenland with icebergs behind from the Sermeq Kujalleq (Ilulissat Ice fjord), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Greenland, Polar Regions

Slum dwellings in Suihua, Heilongjiang Province pump out coal smoke into an already highly polluted atmosphere, China, Asia

California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) with deadly "necklace" of gill net around its neck in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

Pumping oil from stoney foreshore, MPCU, Wisemen's Bridge, Sea Empress oil spill, Pembrokeshire (rr)

Inuit Settlement landscape of local Coal Power station, Lorino Village (Chukotskiy Peninsular) Russia, Asia.

Toxic blue green algae on Haweswater reservoir during a hot summer, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The village of Toll Bar one of many places hit by unprecedented floods in June 2007, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe