Dhaka, July 2 -- Dhaka ranked joint first with Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, among the world's most polluted cities on Thursday morning, recording an Air Quality Index (AQI) score of 152 at 9:25 am.

The city's air quality was classified as 'Unhealthy', indicating that the concentration of airborne pollutants had reached a level that could pose health risks to the general public, according to the AQI scale.

Delhi ranked next with an AQI score of 145, followed by Jakarta at 132. Jerusalem was fourth with an AQI score of 107.

According to AQI standards, a reading between 101 and 150 is considered 'unhealthy for sensitive groups', 151 to 200 'unhealthy', 201 to 300 'very unhealthy', while levels above 301 a...