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A reduced speed limit has been imposed in Paris because of concerns about rising levels of pollution.
The situation is so bad that the Eiffel Tower disappeared into a brown smog, according to reports.
Much of northern France has also been hit by the rise.
Police have put in place a 12mph (20kph) limit for roads in and around the capital.
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The public have also been ordered to stop burning rubbish.
The steps come after the capital's air quality monitoring agency, AirParif, said air pollution had hit a "high".
It blamed the rise on increased emissions from agricultural activity and more traffic on the roads.
The agency said: "The pollution levels are consistent.
"If we don't go over the alert level, we won't be far away."
The city saw a similar spike last year and, as a result, imposed a temporary cut in the number of vehicles allowed on the roads.
As well as imposing restrictions on the number of cars permitted to drive, other measures open to the Paris authorities include making public transport free.
The pollution alert comes ahead of a two-week UN climate conference due to be held in Paris in November.
A World Health Organisation report in 2011 recorded Ahvaz in Iran as the world's most polluted city.
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A reduced speed limit has been imposed in Paris because of concerns about rising levels of pollution.
The situation is so bad that the Eiffel Tower disappeared into a brown smog, according to reports.
Much of northern France has also been hit by the rise.
Police have put in place a 12mph (20kph) limit for roads in and around the capital.
1/13
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Gallery: Before And After Images Taken From Space
Lake shrinkage, Iraq, between 1995 and 2013. Credit: USGS and Nasa. Changes in water levels around the world have been blamed on climate change - and a new report suggests worse is yet to come.
Columbia Glacier Retreat, Alaska. How it looked in 1985 and 2012. Picture: Google/Landsat.
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These images show the growth of Beijing from 1977 to 2011. Air pollution is a major problem in the city. Picture: USGS.
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This shows the scale of deforestation in Argentina between 1972 and 2009. Picture: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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Water level changes at a lake in New Mexico between 1994 and 2013. Picture: Nasa Earth Observatory.
The public have also been ordered to stop burning rubbish.
The steps come after the capital's air quality monitoring agency, AirParif, said air pollution had hit a "high".
It blamed the rise on increased emissions from agricultural activity and more traffic on the roads.
The agency said: "The pollution levels are consistent.
"If we don't go over the alert level, we won't be far away."
The city saw a similar spike last year and, as a result, imposed a temporary cut in the number of vehicles allowed on the roads.
As well as imposing restrictions on the number of cars permitted to drive, other measures open to the Paris authorities include making public transport free.
The pollution alert comes ahead of a two-week UN climate conference due to be held in Paris in November.
A World Health Organisation report in 2011 recorded Ahvaz in Iran as the world's most polluted city.
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