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A picture taken on September 8, 2016 shows puddles of the bright red polluted water on the bank of the river Daldykan in the region of the city of Norilsk. Russia's environment ministry on September 7 ordered a probe into a possible industrial accident after a river in the far north of the country turned bright red. In a statement, the ministry said it had received complaints from local residents over “pollution of the river Daldykan in the region of the city of Norilsk by an unidentified chemical that turned the water a bright red colour”. “According to preliminary information the possible reason for the pollution of the river may be a breakage in a slurry pipe at a Norilsk Nickel plant”, it said. (Photo by HO/AFP Photo)
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