Classroom furniture are seen kept aside at the Swami Sivananda Memorial Institute school as it is closed following an order to shut down schools because of worsening air pollution in New Delhi on November 22, 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 Arun SANKAR / AFP) (Photo by ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images)