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 Beyonce leaves national anthem unfinished. Musk says his new party is in business. A Texas man's disappearance is fodder for true-crime mania. Kerr County considered a flood warning system years ago. See 4 more photos Report an error