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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Adam Hancock in Singapore

F1 drivers face ‘unhealthy’ Singapore air as ‘super’ El Niño fuels wildfire haze

People walk along the boulevard at Marina Bay as buildings are seen shrouded with haze.
People walk along the boulevard at Marina Bay as buildings are seen shrouded with haze. Photograph: Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images

Singapore’s Formula One night race is an annual opportunity for the city-state to showcase its dazzling, illuminated skyline. But this year the lights of the country’s many skyscrapers will shine a little less brightly.

The south-east Asian nation is shrouded in a thick haze that has drifted from huge wildfires in neighbouring Indonesia, with Singapore now among the world’s most polluted cities.

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