# @gettyimages on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BM33bCKB9xS
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16454354-gettyimages-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/fe142be8f1.jpg
- **Posted:** 2016-11-16T13:35:30.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty Images (@GettyImages) — https://gondola.cc/GettyImages

## Caption

As a photographer, I don't have to travel during morning rush hour so I did not have much experience in dealing with the jam-packed roads. I planned to photograph 4 locations across the city on my motorbike but then the terrible traffic jam hit started at the very first location. I was stuck there for almost 2 hours that morning. Needless to say, the long wait in the traffic jam and the polluted air from vehicle smoke is not a great way to start a day.” Hanoi is ranked as one of the most polluted cities in Southeast Asia with the air quality monitor installed by U.S. Embassy in the city center often shows Air Quality Index (AQI) of over 200 at day time, listed as 'very unhealthy'. The main cause of this air pollution is over 5.3 million motorbikes and 560,000 cars in the traffic of Hanoi while figures continue to increase every year, according to reports. Vietnam's motorbike culture has taken over the bicycle in the capital, known to be one of the world's fastest expanding economy which resulted in the masks and gloves being a common sight in the tropical city, both to reduce inhalation of motorbike fumes and Vietnamese women to protect themselves from the sun.” -  phamhaduylinh #GettyImagesNews #PhotographerTakeover 
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The United Nations Climate Change Conference is currently taking place in Marrakech. Getty Images News photographers have been documenting the impact of deforestation, light pollution, traffic pollution and rising sea levels around the world. Today, they take over GettyImages Instagram. cop22ma / #COP22 [3 of 6]

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