China Environment

Xiaoqinghe, China: A coal miner passes a picture of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin as he carries two large lumps of coal back home after his shift at a mine in Shanxi province. Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP

Huaibei, China: A coal-fired power plant at dusk. Photograph: Li Bin/EPA

Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China: Trucks loaded with coal drive down a road with smoke stacks in the distance. Photograph: Qilai Shen/EPA

Beijing, China: Taxi drivers chat while stuck in a traffic jam in the city centre. A construction project is in progress in the background. Photograph: Jeff Hutchens/Getty

Linfen, China: A young boy wearing a mask against pollution on the back of his mothers bicycle. Linfen in China's Shangxi province which has been dubbed the most polluted city in the world by a recent World Bank study. Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP

Shuozhou, China: Morning commuters pass under the cooling towers of the Shengtou Power Plant , Shanxi Province. The Shengtou plant is one of the country's largest coal burning power plants. Photograph: Qilai Shen/EPA

Beijing, China,: A mother feeds her daughter under electricity pylons in a village on the outskirts of the Chinese capital. Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP

Yutian, China: Cyclists pass through thick pollution from a factory , 100km east of Beijing in China's northwest Hebei province. Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP

Chongqing,China: Cars line up on a bridge during evening rush hour in the centre of the city. Photograph: China Photos/Getty

Jiamusi, China: Residents walk across the frozen Songhua River in front of smoke stacks in China's northeast Heilongjiang province. Photograph: Greg Baker/AP