India's capital chokes as air pollution levels hit 50 times the safe limit
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A man walks wearing a face mask amidst a thick layer of smog as air pollution shoots up in New Delhi, Nov. 18, 2024. Residents woke up to thick, toxic smog enveloping the city of some 33 million as the air quality became increasingly hazardous. Commuters drive through a thick layer of smog as air pollution shoots up in New Delhi, Nov. 18, 2024.
Authorities in India's capital shut schools, halted construction and banned non-essential trucks from entering the city on Monday after air pollution shot up to its worst level this season.
A Finnish soldier of the Karelia Brigade, one of the three Finnish Army readiness brigades, operates the K9 artillery, a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer during the NATO Exercise Dynamic Front, on November 17, 2024 near Rovaniemi, Finland.
This photo taken on November 18, 2024 shows Myanmar farmer Hla Han, 52, who lost his leg after stepping on a mine, peeling garlic outside his house in Demoso township, eastern Kayah state.
FILE - A student looks at Iran's domestically built centrifuges in an exhibition of the country's nuclear achievements, in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 8, 2023. Iran has increased its supply of uranium that has been enriched to 60% purity, according to IAEA reports seen by news agencies.
Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visit the flood damaged town of Utiel, in the region of Valencia, eastern Spain, in the aftermath of catastrophic deadly floods, on November 19, 2024.
World leaders attending the G20 Summit pose for a group photo in Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 19, 2024.
China's President Xi Jinping, left, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attend the G20 summit at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov. 18, 2024. The two also met Tuesday on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
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U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein speaks to the media after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Nov. 19, 2024.
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Pakistani policemen stand guard outside a factory where two Chinese nationals were allegedly shot, in Karachi, Nov. 5, 2024. China said on Nov. 19, 2024, it will send troops to Pakistan for the first joint counterterrorism exercise in five years to enhance security cooperation. FILE - Police officers examine the site of suicide bombing at a highway in Shangla, district in the Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, March 26, 2024. The attack killed five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver, police and government officials said.
