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The latest report from the Economist Intelligence Unit has ranked worst cities in the world to live in. The annual survey of 140 cities uses more than 30 factors to gauge the state of healthcare, education, infrastructure, stability, culture and environment - rendering a score out of 100.
Let's take a look at some of the cities.
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit
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Image: People walk on the bridge across the Golden Horn bay after its opening in Vladivostok, Russia.
Photographs: Yuri Maltsev/Reuters
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Abidjan
Country: Ivory Coast
Global rank: 131
Overall rating: 45.9 (out of 100)
Stability: 30
Healthcare: 45.8
Culture and environment: 54.2
Education: 50
Infrastructure: 53.6
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Image: People walk down a street in Adjame, Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Photographs: Thierry Gouegnon/Reuters
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Tehran
Country: Iran
Global rank: 132
Overall rating: 45.8 (out of 100)
Stability: 50
Healthcare: 62.5
Culture and environment: 35.9
Education: 50
Infrastructure: 33.9
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Image: A woman speaks on her mobile phone at the midway point of a slope at Shemshak ski resort, north of Tehran.
Photographs: Caren Firouz/Reuters
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Douala
Country: Cameroon
Global rank: 133
Overall rating: 43.3 (out of 100)
Stability: 60
Healthcare: 25.0
Culture and environment: 45.6
Education: 33.3
Infrastructure: 42.9
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Image: A view of a hanging bridge leading into Cameroon's Korup National Park.
Photographs: Emmanuel Braun/Reuters
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Tripoli
Country: Libya
Global rank: 134
Overall rating: 42.8 (out of 100)
Stability: 50
Healthcare: 41.7
Culture and environment: 35.4
Education: 41.7
Infrastructure: 44.6
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Image: A man works at his shop in an old market of Tripoli, Libya.
Photographs: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters
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Karachi
Country: Pakistan
Global rank: 135
Overall rating: 40.9 (out of 100)
Stability: 20
Healthcare: 45.8
Culture and environment: 38.7
Education: 66.7
Infrastructure: 51.8
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Image: Fishermen are silhouetted against the setting sun as they pull their net to retrieve their catch at Karachi's Clifton beach.
Photographs: Athar Hussain/Reuters
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Algiers
Country: Algeria
Global rank: 135
Overall rating: 40.9 (out of 100)
Stability: 40
Healthcare: 45.8
Culture and environment: 42.6
Education: 50.0
Infrastructure: 30.4
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Image: Algerian coastguards cross the bay of the Mediterranean port of Algiers.
Photographs: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters
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Harare
Country: Zimbabwe
Global rank: 137
Overall rating: 39.4 (out of 100)
Stability: 30
Healthcare: 20.8
Culture and environment: 55.8
Education: 66.7
Infrastructure: 35.7
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Image: Children play outside thatched roof huts in Domboshawa, 80km east of Harare.
Photographs: Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters
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Lagos
Country: Nigeria
Global rank: 138
Overall rating: 39.0 (out of 100)
Stability: 25
Healthcare: 33.3
Culture and environment: 52.3
Education: 33.3
Infrastructure: 48.2
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Image: An aerial view shows the central business district in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos.
Photographs: Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters
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Port Moresby
Country: Papua New Guinea
Global rank: 139
Overall rating: 38.9 (out of 100)
Stability: 30
Healthcare: 37.5
Culture and environment: 44.2
Education: 50.0
Infrastructure: 39.3
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Image: Young boy sits next to a small shelter in a settlement in Papua New Guinea's capital city of Port Moresby.
Photographs: David Gray/Reuters
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Dhaka
Country: Bangladesh
Global rank: 140
Overall rating: 38.7 (out of 100)
Stability: 50
Healthcare: 29.2
Culture and environment: 43.3
Education: 41.7
Infrastructure: 26.8
Image: People carry masks during a rally to celebrate Pohela Boishakh, the first day of Bengali new year, in Dhaka.
Photographs: Andrew Biraj/Reuters
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