Smog w Lahore

Traders and customers gathered at a wholesale fish market engulfed in smog in Lahore on November 21, 2024. Schools reopened on November 20 in Pakistan...

A woman with children walks on a road amid dense smog in Lahore on November 21, 2024. Schools reopened on November 20 in Pakistan's most populated pro...

A woman wearing a mask walks across railway tracks, amid thick smog in Lahore on November 20, 2024. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP)

Schoolchildren wearing masks walk across a railway track amid thick smog in Lahore on November 20, 2024. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP)

Commuters ride along a street engulfed in smog in Lahore on November 19, 2024. The air quality in Pakistan's smog-choked city of Lahore on November 17...

Motorcyclists drive on a road as smog envelopes the area of Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

People browse recycled clothes for winter at a stall as smog envelopes the area of Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

A truck moves with highlights due to reduce visibility caused by smog enveloping the area of Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/K.M....

A man crosses a street engulfed in smog in Lahore on November 16, 2024. Pakistan's most populated province of Punjab on on November 15 extended school...

People walk along a street engulfed in smog in Lahore on November 16, 2024. Pakistan's most populated province of Punjab on on November 15 extended sc...

A man rides his bicycle along a street engulfed in smog in Lahore on November 16, 2024. Pakistan's most populated province of Punjab on on November 15...

A man rides his bicycle along a street engulfed in smog in Lahore on November 16, 2024. Pakistan's most populated province of Punjab on on November 15...

A man rides his motorbike along a street engulfed in smog in Lahore on November 16, 2024. Pakistan's most populated province of Punjab on on November...

Commuters make their way along a street engulfed in smog in Lahore on November 16, 2024. Pakistan's most populated province of Punjab on on November 1...

Commuters ride along a street engulfed in smog in Lahore on November 16, 2024. Pakistan's most populated province of Punjab on on November 15 extended...

Commuters ride a bus along a street engulfed in smog in Lahore on November 16, 2024. Pakistan's most populated province of Punjab on on November 15 ex...

Pakistan's air quality monitoring truck is parked along a street engulfed in smog in Lahore on November 16, 2024. Pakistan's most populated province o...

Shopkeepers, who have been told to shut down by 8 p.m., at a market in Lahore, Pakistan, on Nov. 15, 2024. A dense, suffocating smog has settled over...

Smog hanging over the Ravi River in Lahore, Pakistan, on Nov. 15, 2024. A dense, suffocating smog has settled over Lahore's skyline this month, and th...

A brick kiln worker in Lahore, Pakistan, on Nov. 15, 2024. The government has moved to shut down kilns that do not comply with pollution regulations a...

Smoke from brick kilns, just one of many contributors to poor air, in Lahore, Pakistan, on Nov. 14, 2024. The government has moved to shut down kilns...

A snack seller at Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, on Nov. 14, 2024. A dense, suffocating smog has settled over Lahore's skyline this month, and t...

A shop selling air purifiers in Lahore, Pakistan, on Nov. 14, 2024. A dense, suffocating smog has settled over Lahore's skyline this month, and the go...

A mostly-empty recreation yard in Lahore, Pakistan, where schools were closed because of the hazardous air, on Nov. 14, 2024. Schools across Lahore ar...

Smog in Lahore, Pakistan, on Nov. 14, 2024. A dense, suffocating smog has settled over Lahore's skyline this month, and the government has imposed re...

A man rides his motorbike along a street engulfed in smog in Lahore on November 14, 2024. Lahore -- a city of 14 million people stuffed with factories...

A man rides his bicycle along a street engulfed in smog in Lahore on November 14, 2024. Lahore -- a city of 14 million people stuffed with factories o...

Commuters ride along a street engulfed in smog in Lahore on November 14, 2024. Lahore -- a city of 14 million people stuffed with factories on the bor...

A man rows his boat in the waters of river Ravi engulfed in smog in Lahore on November 13, 2024. Lahore -- a city of 14 million people stuffed with fa...

Women carry a bucket of water along a path engulfed in smog in Lahore on November 13, 2024. Lahore -- a city of 14 million people stuffed with factori...

A snacks seller drives his loaded motorbike on a road as smog envelops the area of Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Women and children walk across a road engulfed in smog in Lahore on November 12, 2024. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP)

Commuters ride along a road engulfed in thick smog in Lahore on November 11, 2024. Lahore, a city of 14 million people stuffed with factories on the b...