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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Wayanad in Kerala witnessed India’s worst-ever landslide, devastated the villages of Punchirimattam, Chooralmala and Mundakkai in Wayanad]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Heavy smog envelops the banks of the Yamuna in Delhi in the morning during December 2015.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A suffocating blanket of toxic smog in Delhi-NCR. ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ A person living in the sprawling Indo-Gangetic Plain, spread across northern India (as well as eastern Pakistan, southern Nepal and most of Bangladesh), will live seven years less than people in other parts of the country.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Post-Diwali haze blankets Delhi-NCR.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Schoolchildren walking on the road, wearing masks to protect themselves from air pollution, amid heavy smog in Delhi on a December morning.]]></image:caption>
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