Burdened planet

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Updated On Oct 23, 2011 02:17 pm IST

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File photo: Medical staff use a Geiger counter to screen a woman for possible radiation exposure at a public welfare centre in Hitachi City, Ibaraki. The world's population will reach 7 bn on October 31, 2011, according to the UN projections. Planet earth is under threat as 7 bn people consume more of the Earth's finite resources.

Updated on Oct 23, 2011 02:17 pm IST

File photo: Medical staff use a Geiger counter to screen a woman for possible radiation exposure at a public welfare centre in Hitachi City, Ibaraki. The world's population will reach 7 bn on October 31, 2011, according to the UN projections. Planet earth is under threat as 7 bn people consume more of the Earth's finite resources.

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File photo: A man works at the site of a rare earth metals mine at Nancheng county, Jiangxi province. The world's population will reach 7 bn on October 31, 2011, according to the UN projections. Planet earth is under threat as 7 bn people consume more of the Earth's finite resources.

Updated on Oct 23, 2011 02:17 pm IST

File photo: A man works at the site of a rare earth metals mine at Nancheng county, Jiangxi province. The world's population will reach 7 bn on October 31, 2011, according to the UN projections. Planet earth is under threat as 7 bn people consume more of the Earth's finite resources.

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File photo: A male polar bear carries the head of a polar bear cub it killed and cannibalized in an area about 300 km (186 miles) north of the Canadian town of Churchill. The world's population will reach 7 bn on October 31, 2011, according to the UN projections. Planet earth is under threat as 7 bn people consume more of the Earth's finite resources.

Updated on Oct 23, 2011 02:17 pm IST

File photo: A male polar bear carries the head of a polar bear cub it killed and cannibalized in an area about 300 km (186 miles) north of the Canadian town of Churchill. The world's population will reach 7 bn on October 31, 2011, according to the UN projections. Planet earth is under threat as 7 bn people consume more of the Earth's finite resources.

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File photo: Steam billowing from the cooling towers of Vattenfall's Jaenschwalde brown coal power station is reflected in the water of a lake near Cottbus, eastern Germany. The world's population will reach 7 bn on October 31, 2011, according to the UN projections. Planet earth is under threat as 7 bn people consume more of the Earth's finite resources.

Updated on Oct 23, 2011 02:17 pm IST

File photo: Steam billowing from the cooling towers of Vattenfall's Jaenschwalde brown coal power station is reflected in the water of a lake near Cottbus, eastern Germany. The world's population will reach 7 bn on October 31, 2011, according to the UN projections. Planet earth is under threat as 7 bn people consume more of the Earth's finite resources.

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File photo: A labourer drinks water as smoke rises from a chimney of a brick factory at Togga village on the outskirts of Chandigarh. The world's population will reach 7 bn on October 31, 2011, according to the UN projections. Planet earth is under threat as 7 bn people consume more of the Earth's finite resources.

Updated on Oct 23, 2011 02:17 pm IST

File photo: A labourer drinks water as smoke rises from a chimney of a brick factory at Togga village on the outskirts of Chandigarh. The world's population will reach 7 bn on October 31, 2011, according to the UN projections. Planet earth is under threat as 7 bn people consume more of the Earth's finite resources.

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File photo: Motorists crowd at a junction during rush hour in Taipei. The world's population will reach 7 bn on October 31, 2011, according to the UN projections. Planet earth is under threat as 7 bn people consume more of the Earth's finite resources.

Updated on Oct 23, 2011 02:17 pm IST

File photo: Motorists crowd at a junction during rush hour in Taipei. The world's population will reach 7 bn on October 31, 2011, according to the UN projections. Planet earth is under threat as 7 bn people consume more of the Earth's finite resources.

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File photo: A garbage collector carries a sack as he walks atop a massive pile of garbage at the Bloemendhal dump in central Colombo. The world's population will reach 7 bn on October 31, 2011, according to the UN projections. Planet earth is under threat as 7 bn people consume more of the Earth's finite resources.

Updated on Oct 23, 2011 02:17 pm IST

File photo: A garbage collector carries a sack as he walks atop a massive pile of garbage at the Bloemendhal dump in central Colombo. The world's population will reach 7 bn on October 31, 2011, according to the UN projections. Planet earth is under threat as 7 bn people consume more of the Earth's finite resources.

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File photo: Pigeons fly during a dust storm in Kuwait City. The world's population will reach 7 bn on October 31, 2011, according to the UN projections. Planet earth is under threat as 7 bn people consume more of the Earth's finite resources.

Updated on Oct 23, 2011 02:17 pm IST

File photo: Pigeons fly during a dust storm in Kuwait City. The world's population will reach 7 bn on October 31, 2011, according to the UN projections. Planet earth is under threat as 7 bn people consume more of the Earth's finite resources.

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File photo: A boy swims in the murky waters of Manila Bay. The world's population will reach 7 bn on October 31, 2011, according to the UN projections. Planet earth is under threat as 7 bn people consume more of the Earth's finite resources.

Updated on Oct 23, 2011 02:17 pm IST

File photo: A boy swims in the murky waters of Manila Bay. The world's population will reach 7 bn on October 31, 2011, according to the UN projections. Planet earth is under threat as 7 bn people consume more of the Earth's finite resources.

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File photo: A devotee wraps a piece of clothing around himself after a ritual dip in the polluted Yamuna river in New Delhi. The world's population will reach 7 bn on October 31, 2011, according to the UN projections. Planet earth is under threat as 7 bn people consume more of the Earth's finite resources.

Updated on Oct 23, 2011 02:17 pm IST

File photo: A devotee wraps a piece of clothing around himself after a ritual dip in the polluted Yamuna river in New Delhi. The world's population will reach 7 bn on October 31, 2011, according to the UN projections. Planet earth is under threat as 7 bn people consume more of the Earth's finite resources.

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File photo: A worker removes dead fish from a lake in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province. The world's population will reach 7 bn on October 31, 2011, according to the UN projections. Planet earth is under threat as 7 bn people consume more of the Earth's finite resources.

Updated on Oct 23, 2011 02:17 pm IST

File photo: A worker removes dead fish from a lake in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province. The world's population will reach 7 bn on October 31, 2011, according to the UN projections. Planet earth is under threat as 7 bn people consume more of the Earth's finite resources.

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File photo: A view of deforestation on Indonesia's Sumatra island. The world's population will reach 7 bn on October 31, 2011, according to the UN projections. Planet earth is under threat as 7 bn people consume more of the Earth's finite resources.

Updated on Oct 23, 2011 02:17 pm IST

File photo: A view of deforestation on Indonesia's Sumatra island. The world's population will reach 7 bn on October 31, 2011, according to the UN projections. Planet earth is under threat as 7 bn people consume more of the Earth's finite resources.

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