A farmer burns straw stubble after a harvest in a paddy field on the outskirts of Jalandhar on November 4, 2024. Noxious smog smothering the plains of north India is not only choking the lungs of residents and killing millions, but also slowing down the country's economic growth. (Photo by SHAMMI MEHRA / AFP) (Photo by SHAMMI MEHRA/AFP via Getty Images)