Smog

A girl gets her picture clicked on the banks of the Yamuna river on a foggy winter morning in New Delhi, India, January 3, 2025. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
South Asia

Dense smog shrouds Indian capital, threatening to disrupt flights

Delhi, which has been battling smog and poor air quality since the beginning of winter, ranked third among the world's most polluted capitals in Friday's live rankings by Swiss group IQAir

People practice yoga in thick smog at a park in New Delhi, on Nov. 15. Photo: Manish Swarup/AP Photo via Bloomberg
South Asia

Mounting economic costs of India's killer smog

The 62-storey tower at the Bahria Icon Tower complex is seen through smog and air pollution on a morning in Karachi, Pakistan, November 15, 2024. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
South Asia

Muslims in Pakistan's smog-shrouded Punjab province pray for rain

A street is shrouded in smog amid air pollution, during a morning in Multan, Pakistan, November 15, 2024. REUTERS/Quratulain Asim
South Asia

Pakistan extends school closures in in smog-hit major cities of Punjab by week

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South Asia

India's capital chokes in smog after firework ban flouted

Traffic moves along a highway shrouded in heavy smog in New Delhi, India, December 26, 2023. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Environment

Winter smog blankets Dhaka, New Delhi

A view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge shrouded in smog from nearby bushfires in Sydney, Australia, December 19, 2023. REUTERS/Alasdair Pal
Environment

Rare smog puts Sydney on par with New Delhi as bushfires rage

A family rides a bike amid rain in Lahore. Photo: AFP
South Asia

Pakistan uses artificial rain against smog for first time

Mohamad Qadeer holds up a nebulizer device to the face of his daughter, Rameen, 3, who is suffering from a chest infection amidst soaring air pollution, in the emergency room of Sir Ganga Ram hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, December 4, 2023. REUTERS/Charlotte Greenfield
South Asia

Soaring pollution in Pakistan's Lahore fills wards with sick children

People wearing face masks wait at an intersection in Beijing's Central Business District (CBD), as the city is shrouded in smog, in China November 1, 2023. REUTER/Tingshu Wang
China

Haze lingers in Beijing as fog blankets parts of north China

An aerial view shows smog enveloping the coastal town of Talisay in Batangas Province, Philippines, September 22, 2023. REUTERS/Adrian Portugal
World+Biz

Philippines issues health warning as capital hit by smog, volcanic gas

FILE PHOTO: Traffic moves along a highway shrouded in heavy smog in New Delhi, India, November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
South Asia

India's capital blanketed in smog; private construction banned

Vehicles are seen on a highway on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, December 2, 2021. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
South Asia

India's state-funded helmet promises 'fresh air' in battle on winter smog