Trash piles in Monteverde, a residential neighborhood in Rome. During this scorching hot summer, the city’s residents and visitors are being tested by a massive trash crisis that has prompted doctors to warn of the possible spread of diseases as birds, vermin and wild animals scavenge amid the rotting refuse.

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Trash piles in Monteverde, a residential neighborhood in Rome. During this scorching hot summer, the city’s residents and visitors are being tested by a massive trash crisis that has prompted doctors to warn of the possible spread of diseases as birds, vermin and wild animals scavenge amid the rotting refuse.