Ready, set, choke: Delhi air pollution in pictures, tweeps share pictures in masks

Pollution rises to hazardous levels, 32 flights diverted from Delhi Airport due to smog

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Caroline Hasl: "Wear masks, use air purifiers, seal your windows and doors. Please. #DelhiChokes #AirPollution"
Twitter/@CarolineHasl
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Pragati Singh: "This is the new look for Delhi- NCR (National capital region) people #AirPollution #Noida #airhealthemergency"
Twitter/@pragatisingh
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A tourist wears a face mask to protect from pollution, as the air quality dips to severe category, at Rajpath in New Delhi on Saturday.
ANI
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Dhruv Rathee: "Unprecedented Air Quality today morning. Ghaziabad - 1457, Noida - 1542, Jind - 1193, Delhi - 1183."
Twitter/@dhruv_rathee
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Delhi: Latest visuals from outside Arun Jaitley Stadium. India will play Bangladesh in the first T20i match, later today.
ANI
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Many Twitter users in and around Delhi complained of a burning sensation in their eyes and breathing difficulty.
Twitter
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India's capital New Delhi is enveloped in heavy, toxic smog -- the worst levels in recent years -- with flights diverted or delayed as politicians blame each other for failing to tackle the crisis
AFP
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A picture from Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Shweta Priyadarshini
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Aman Sharma: "A Plea from the Children of India Delhi has become an unliveable city. Breathing in Delhi is like sitting in a gas chamber. The toxic air has been slowly and silently killing us by choking our lungs and entering our brains."
Twitter/@Amansha24
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Amit Gupta: "Connaught place right now. #DelhiAirEmergency"
Twitter/@entramit

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