NEW DELHI
SAUMYA KHANDELWAL/REUTERS
Men feed seagulls on the hazy morning of November 17 on the Yamuna River. Residents in the city are dealing with choking smog that the top elected official there has likened to a “gas chamber,” with the pollution made worse by the burning of crops. Air quality is so bad that Western airlines have canceled flights, and local media reported that foreign embassies may consider the Delhi territory a “hardship posting.”