TOPSHOT - A school teacher conducts an online class near a basketball court at Swami Sivananda Memorial Institute 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)