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In Pictures: These are the 10 least liveable cities in the world

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Syrian capital Damascus has emerged as the least liveable city in the globe followed by Lagos and Dhaka in the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)’s liveability ranking for 2019. The list, which was dominated by Asian and African urban centres were compiled after surveying 140 cities from across the globe.

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By Pradeep Suresh  Nov 20, 2019 4:37:36 PM IST (Published)

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In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019 photo, Kevin Gonzalez searches for food in the trash, on a sidewalk in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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I0: Caracas: The Venezuelan capital, that has become the centre for the ongoing civil unrest in the country emerged in the tenth position. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

People carry a national flag as they celebrate on the streets after Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has submitted his resignation, in Algiers, Algeria April 2, 2019. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina
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9: Algiers: The Algerian capital has become the centre stage for the anti-establishment protests in the country to come in the ninth place. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina

In this May 25, 2019 photo, a migrant from Cameroon rolls up his mattress in Bajo Chiquito, Darien province, Panama. The migrants wait about 10 days in Bajo Chiquito for a two hour boat trip to their next stop on their way north, the village of Peñitas. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
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8: Douala: The largest city in Cameroon comes eighth owing to various factors, especially the general economic and social health of the central African nation. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

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7: Harare: Another African city to make it to the list was the capital of Zimbabwe. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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6: Port Moresby: The capital of Papua New Guinea has emerged as the sixth least liveable city on the planet. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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5: Karachi: Pakistan's largest city has come at the fifth spot owing to the deteriorating condition of the metropolis.

Smoke rises during a fight between members of the Libyan internationally recognised government forces and Eastern forces in Ain Zara, Tripoli, Libya May 5, 2019. REUTERS/Ayman al-Sahili
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4:Tripoli: The Libyan capital has been hit by one crisis after another not least because of the ongoing civil war that has seriously impacted its liveability. (REUTERS/Ayman al-Sahili)

Bangladeshi people walk across a bridge on the river Buriganga, choked with plastic and other waste, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, June 4, 2018. The theme for this year's World Environment Day, marked on June 5, is "Beat Plastic Pollution." (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
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3: Dhaka: The Bangladeshi capital is one of the most congested places on the planet making it secure the third position in the list. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

Rank 64 | Nigeria (Image: Reuters)
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2: Lagos: Nigeria’s largest city was selected as the second-worst city to live on the planet. (Image: Reuters)

A Syrian soldier films the wreckage of the Syrian Scientific Research Center, which was attacked by U.S., British and French military strikes to punish President Bashar Assad for a suspected chemical attack against civilians, in the Damascus suburb of Barzeh, Syria, on April 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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1: Damascus: Syria has been torn apart by the civil war that began in 2011. The death and destruction that accompanied the bloody civil war have made the Syrian capital the least liveable city. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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