A woman strolls through polluted air in front of a construction site of a residential compound in Wuhan.
Residential buildings are shrouded in a haze in Shenyang.
Even the night skies are hazy over downtown Shanghai.
In Harbin, a traffic policeman has to help navigate commuters. You can barely make out the headlights behind him.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdThe smoke billowing from a nearby steel plant doesn't seem to bother this girl as she reads on her balcony in Quzhou.
A statue of China's late Chairman Mao Zedong stands tall in Shenyang.
Despite the poor air quality, cleaners work along the median of a main road in central Beijing.
People walk on the Bund, a waterfront area near the financial district of Pudong in downtown Shanghai.
A group of bikers wear masks while riding along a street in Daqing.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdThis woman and a young boy also choose to wear masks while in Jillin.
Smoke from a refinery's chimneys and cooling towers rises above the skyline in Ningbo.
A woman walks across the street during a particularly smoggy day in Changchun.
Citizens walk across a bridge, their line of sight extremely short due to the thick smog.
A woman makes her way through traffic in Changchun.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdHigh-rise buildings are shrouded in heavy haze all the way up to the top of the Qingdao development zone.
The tops of these residential compounds in Wujiaqu just barely make it above the smog.
An electronic screen's brightness shines through this smog in Shenyang.