When winter descends on Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, the air turns foul. Here in the world's coldest capital city, residents light open fires of coal or wood to heat their uninsulated houses. Soot fills the skies, and people don face masks to ward off smog so thick it can hide buildings a few hundred metres away. "White clothing becomes grey after a few hours" says Munkhmandakh Myagmar, executive director of the Press Institute of Mongolia.
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