Delhi Schools Shut for Rest of Week as Toxic Smog Thickens, Chokes

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Vehicles drive through heavy smog in Delhi, India, November 8, 2017. Delhi's government on Wednesday ordered schools shut for the rest of the week as air pollution worsened and criticism mounted over the failure of Indian authorities to tackle the public health crisis. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton

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A schoolboy covers his face with a handkerchief as he waits for a passenger bus on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, November 8, 2017. Thick smog swathed Delhi, where pollution readings in some places peaked at 500, the most severe level on the government's air quality index that measures poisonous particles. REUTERS/Saumya Khandelwal

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People commute on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, November 8, 2017. "The air quality in Delhi is deteriorating. We cannot compromise with the health of children at this stage," said Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, ordering the closure until Sunday. The Delhi administration, which described the city as a "gas chamber", had previously ordered schools for young children to close only for Wednesday. REUTERS/Saumya Khandelwal

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A woman wearing a scarf to cover her face looks on as she waits for a passenger bus on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, November 8, 2017. India's federal health ministry also advised people with breathing problems and children to remain indoors. "People should avoid morning walk or any other strenuous outdoor activity that increases breathing rate," the ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. REUTERS/Saumya Khandelwal

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People cross the road in Delhi, India, November 7, 2017. Anti-pollution measures adopted by the Delhi state government in recent years include limiting car use and taxing trucks that pass through the city, but few have succeeded. REUTERS/Saumya Khandelwal

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People ride a boat as seagulls fly over the waters of the river Yamuna on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, November 8, 2017. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's federal government also urged Delhi and the surrounding northern states to immediately tackle dangerous levels of pollution in the capital, even if that meant deploying helicopters to spray jets of water. REUTERS/Saumya Khandelwal

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