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Photos: Choking Down the Air in Delhi

A man covers his face to avoid the smells coming from the Yamuna river, Delhi's most vital water source and India's most polluted waterway, on November 8, 2016. Chemical foam floats on the river's surface.
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The city of Delhi is choking, and there’s no end—or much else—in sight. Although residents of the Indian capital are used to polluted air, particularly in the cooler months, when people light their stoves for heat, this winter it reached a level that stunned even Delhiites. In November, after six days of heavy smog smothered the city, the

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