A married couple walk in a smog covered Red square in Moscow, Russia, 09 August 2010. Media reports state that Moscow's health chief has confirmed the mortality rate has doubled as a heatwave and wildfire smog continues to grip the Russian capital. There were twice the usual number of bodies in the city's morgues, Andrei Seltsovsky said. The concentration of carbon monoxide in Moscow was still more than double acceptable safety norms on 09 August 2010. EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV
A Russian woman walks through the smog in Red square, Moscow, Russia, 09 August 2010. Media reports state that Moscow's health chief has confirmed the mortality rate has doubled as a heatwave and wildfire smog continues to grip the Russian capital. There were twice the usual number of bodies in the city's morgues, Andrei Seltsovsky said. The concentration of carbon monoxide in Moscow was still more than double acceptable safety norms on 09 August 2010. EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV
A group of poeple wearing masks to protect themselves from the smog walk in Red square, Moscow, Russia, 09 August 2010. Media reports state that Moscow's health chief has confirmed the mortality rate has doubled as a heatwave and wildfire smog continues to grip the Russian capital. There were twice the usual number of bodies in the city's morgues, Andrei Seltsovsky said. The concentration of carbon monoxide in Moscow was still more than double acceptable safety norms on 09 August 2010. EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV
A woman sells kites in center of smog covered Moscow, Russia, 09 August 2010. Media reports state that Moscow's health chief has confirmed the mortality rate has doubled as a heatwave and wildfire smog continues to grip the Russian capital. There were twice the usual number of bodies in the city's morgues, Andrei Seltsovsky said. The concentration of carbon monoxide in Moscow was still more than double acceptable safety norms on 09 August 2010. EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV
A group of tourist wearing masks to protect themselves from the smog walk in Red square in Moscow, Russia, 09 August 2010. Media reports state that Moscow's health chief has confirmed the mortality rate has doubled as a heatwave and wildfire smog continues to grip the Russian capital. There were twice the usual number of bodies in the city's morgues, Andrei Seltsovsky said. The concentration of carbon monoxide in Moscow was still more than double acceptable safety norms on 09 August 2010. EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV
A man riding a bicycle, wearing a mask to protect himself from the smog, cycles in Moscow, Russia, 09 August 2010. Media reports state that Moscow's health chief has confirmed the mortality rate has doubled as a heatwave and wildfire smog continues to grip the Russian capital. There were twice the usual number of bodies in the city's morgues, Andrei Seltsovsky said. The concentration of carbon monoxide in Moscow was still more than double acceptable safety norms on 09 August 2010. EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV
Tourists visiting the barely visible Red Square wear masks to avoid breathing the smog that has engulfed Moscow, Russia, 06 August 2010. Thick smog has covered Moscow as peat and forest fires continue to rage outside the city. EPA/SERGEI CHIRIKOV
