A farmer burns paddy stubble in a field, on the outskirts of Amritsar. Many areas in the Delhi-National Capital Region recorded air quality in the "very poor" category on Wednesday...
A North MCD water tanker sprinkles water at Ram Leela ground to control dust pollution in New Delhi.
NASA image shows red dots indicating stubble burning in areas surrounding Delhi.
NASA image shows large-scale stubble burning in areas surrounding Delhi. Many areas in the Delhi-National Capital Region recorded air quality in the "very poor" category on Wednesd...
Firefighters try to extinguish brush fires in Pekanbaru, Riau province, Indonesia. Nearly every year, Indonesian forest fires spread health-damaging haze across the country and int...
People hold placard and pollution masks during a demonstration rally for cleaner air, in Kolkata.
A view of the polluted waters of River Yamuna, in New Delhi. World Environment Day is celebrated each year on June 5 and the theme for this year is 'Air pollution'.
People walk through garbage at the Shivaji park beach on the eve of World Environment Day, in Mumbai.
People move past burning garbage-heaps close to the mangroves surrounding the Mithi River, on World Environment Day eve in Mumbai. .
Smoke and pollution hangs over in Mexico City. Mexico City officials cancelled classes for millions of students for a second straight day as smoke from brush fires continued to cho...
Vehicles move near the Han river in Seoul, South Korea. South Korean Environment Ministry issued emergency fine dust reduction measures on Tuesday.
A drone is flown over the Suthat Temple in Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok's municipal government displayed six drones that will be used to spray water over the city to help ease high l...
Vehicles drive during a sandstorm in Cairo, Egypt as a thick sandstorm cloaked parts of the Middle East. Sandstorms and harsh weather are blowing through parts of the Middle East, ...
Vehicles drive during a sandstorm in Cairo, Egypt. A harsh weather front brought sandstorms, hail and rain to parts of the Middle East, with visibility down in the Egyptian capital...
People wearing masks walk in heavy smog-covered in Seoul, South Korea. Unusually high levels of smog worsened by weather patterns are raising alarm across Asia, with authorities in...
A motorcyclist rides wearing pollution masks in New Delhi.
Indian military personals walk amidst morning smog in New Delhi, India. Authorities have ordered fire services to sprinkle water from high rise building to settle dust particles an...
A tea seller boy waits for customers amidst early morning smog around India Gate, the landmark war memorial, in New Delhi. Air quality in the capital region, already the worst in t...
Dust flies as a truck moves past a construction site in Gurugram. Construction workers in Delhi NCR get hit twice by pollution. First they lose their means of livelihood when const...
A farmer burns paddy stubble in a field at Ranbir Singh Pora village, near the India-Pakistan international border, in Jammu.
