Pakistan suffocates under toxic smog

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A ragpicker collects usable items from a dump yard on a smoggy morning in Peshawar, Pakistan, November 11. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz

Peshawar, PAKISTAN

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A man wears a mask to avoid smog while he rides on a bicycle along a road in Multan, Pakistan November 9. REUTERS/Quratulain Asim

MULTAN, PAKISTAN

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A family moves on a trishaw along a road on a smoggy morning on the outskirts of Multan, Pakistan, November 11. REUTERS/Quratulain Asim

MULTAN, PAKISTAN

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People walk amid smog along a road in Multan, Pakistan, November 9. REUTERS/Quratulain Asim

MULTAN, PAKISTAN

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A view of vehicles amid smog along a highway in Multan, Pakistan, November 8. REUTERS/Quratulain Asim

MULTAN, PAKISTAN

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A person is silhouetted against the traffic lights as others sit around a fire amid early morning smog in Lahore, Pakistan, November 7. REUTERS/Nida Mehboob

LAHORE, PAKISTAN

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Monitor screens display the smog situation at the Smog Cell at the Environment Protection and Climate Change Department in Lahore, Pakistan, November 4. REUTERS/Nida Mehboob

LAHORE, PAKISTAN

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A woman walks alongside a field on a smoggy morning on the outskirts of Multan, Pakistan, November 11. REUTERS/Quratulain Asim

MULTAN, PAKISTAN

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A police officer wears a mask to avoid smog while riding on a motorbike along a road in Multan, Pakistan, November 8. REUTERS/Quratulain Asim

MULTAN, PAKISTAN

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People work in a coriander field amid smog on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, November 7. REUTERS/Nida Mehboob

LAHORE, PAKISTAN

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A man covers his face with a scarf to avoid smog as he walks along a road in Multan, Pakistan, November 10. REUTERS/Quratulain Asim

MULTAN, PAKISTAN

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Gulzar and Sikandar use a wooden block to level the ground for traditional mud wrestling amid early morning smog at Greater Iqbal Park in Lahore, Pakistan, November 7. REUTERS/Nida Mehboob

LAHORE, PAKISTAN