Pollution pushes Mongolia's herders to reconsider city life

Bright lights of Ulaanbaatar have been overshadowed by smog worse than Beijing, prompting calls to modernise countryside so millions can return More than a decade ago, Darii Garam, 76, moved to Ulaanbaatar with her children so they could go to school and find work beyond herding animals in the countryside. Now, the pollution, set to worsen in the approaching winter, is getting to her."Even just going outside for a second, opening your door, your home fills with smoke, your clothes, everything smells like it," she says moving around her ger, a spacious and neatly kept traditional Mongolian yurt, to make tea. Continue reading...