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Chiang Mai world's most-polluted city

A woman looks towards pollution-cloaked Chiang Mai from a lookout above the city on Friday. (Photo: Panumet Tanraksa) 

Chiang Mai was ranked the worst among polluted major global cities on Monday, as the northern province continues to be hit by forest and man-made fires.

IQAir reported the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the northern city at 263, a level marked "very unhealthy", as of 10am on Monday. The level of PM2.5 was measured at 188.0 microgrammes per cubic metre.

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