Beirut's river of garbage, in pictures

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A river of stinking garbage winds its way through large parts of the Lebanese capital Beirut. A plan to export Lebanon's rubbish to Russia was cancelled sending Beirut's six-month garbage crisis back to square one as mountains of trash choke the city's air and streets.
 

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Lebanese authorities shut the main landfill site for garbage from the capital back in July 2015, without providing an alternative
 

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The British firm chosen to export the rubbish to Russia for disposal, Chinook Urban Mining, failed to obtain documents proving Russia had agreed to accept the waste, annulling the deal, government agency the Council for Reconstruction and Development (CDR) said.
 

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The overflowing piles of rubbish are threatening the water supply and people continue to burn garbage, despite a government ban, filling the air with foul smoke that contains dangerous levels of pollutants and carcinogens.
 

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Scrap collectors race with their karts next to a temporary garbage dump in the town of Jdeideh north east of the Lebanese capital
 

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Rubbish trucks drive between piles of waste on a street in Beirut's northern suburb of Jdeideh
 

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Garbage wrapped in plastic bages is piled up at a temporary dump in the town of Jdeideh
 

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A view of the built up pile of waste on a street in Beirut's northern suburb of Jdeideh
 

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