World | pollution World's 10 Most Polluted Places Presenting the world's most polluted places. By Sophie Goldstein Posted Sep 16, 2007 8:32 AM CDT Copied Picture taken 17 April 2007 shows a classroom of abandoned school in the evacuated Chernobyl area. (Getty Images) See 4 more photos Millions around the world live in soot-blackened cities and toxic wastelands. Time offers a reverse travel guide to the most polluted places on Earth: Linfen, China Tianjin, China Sukinda, India Vapi, India La Oroya, Peru Dzerzhinsk, Russia Norilsk, Russia Chernobyl, Ukraine Sumgayit, Azerbaijan Kabwe, Zambia Read These Next It started with failure to say 'thank you,' ended with murder. Multiple people are dead or missing after an explosion in Tennessee. It landed on the 4th try. There wasn't enough fuel for a 5th. Trump administration begins federal layoffs amid shutdown. See 4 more photos Report an error