A man wearing protective face mask rides a bicycle along a street in smoggy conditions in New Delhi on November 4, 2019. Millions of people in India's capital started the week with choking through "eye-burning" smog, with schools closed, cars taken off the road and construction halted.Photo: Jewel Samad/AFP
Tourists cross a road to visit the India Gate under heavy smog conditions, in New Delhi on November 3, 2019. Every winter, the megacity of 20 million people is blanketed by a poisonous smog of car fumes, industrial emissions, and smoke from stubble burning at farms in neighbouring states.Photo: Sajjad Hussain/AFP
A man wearing a protective face mask walks along a street in smoggy conditions in New Delhi on November 4, 2019. Demand for air pollution masks is going up especially the N95 variant, the cost of which ranges from Rs 200 to Rs 2000, depending on the company. Photo: Prakash Singh/AFP
Volunteers from civil defence get ready to monitor vehicles after the local government ordered half of the city's private cars to be taken off the road based on an odd-even registration plate system to help reduce air pollution, in New Delhi on November 4. Photo: Prakash Singh/ AFP
Volunteers from civil defence display a placard to aware drivers on a street after the local government ordered half of the city's private cars to be taken off the road based on an odd-even registration plate system to help reduce air pollution, in New Delhi on November 4. Photo: Money Sharma/AFP
Demonstrations have erupted in the National Capital Region in the light of the terrible conditions of the air quality. This one took place on November 3 in Delhi, in which the protestors demanded the government measures to curb air pollution. Photo: Sajjad Hussain/AFP
