All but one of the world’s top 20 most polluted cities last year were in Asia, a new study shows. The majority of these cities – 13 – are in the world’s most populous country, India, where booming economic growth is fired largely by coal and where hundreds of millions live in traffic-clogged and congested megacities .

The most polluted cities in the world last year have been revealed in a new study, with countries in Asia dominating the top 10, a new study suggests.