Photos: Terrifying images of Canadian wildfire smoke blanketing the U.S.
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Canada Wildfires
A jogger trots as gaze blankets over monuments on the National Mall in Washington, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, seen from Arlington, Va. Smoke from Canadian wildfires is pouring into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest and covering the capitals of both nations in an unhealthy haze. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Canada Wildfires
In this GOES-16 GeoColor and fire temperature satellite image taken Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 6:40 p.m. EDT and provided by CIRA/NOAA, smoke from wildfires burning in the Canadian Provinces of Quebec, right, and Ontario, left, drift southward. (CIRA/NOAA via AP)
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Canada Wildfires
A tourist looks on as haze blankets over the Washington Monument seen at a distance, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in Washington. Smoke from Canadian wildfires is pouring into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest and covering the capitals of both nations in an unhealthy haze. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Canada Wildfires—Washington
With the Washington Monument in the background and with a thick layer of smoke people run at the National mall Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Washington. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Canada Wildfires—Washington
The sun rises above the Washington Monument and a thick layer of smoke, Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Washington. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Canada Wildfires—Washington
With the Washington Monument in the background and a thick layer of smoke, Marine Corps honor color guard rehearse, Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Washington. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Canada Wildfires—Washington
The White House is hidden behind a layer of hazy smoke, Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Washington. Smoke from Canadian wildfires is pouring into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest and covering the capitals of both nations in an unhealthy haze. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Canada Wildfires—Washington
The sun rises above the Washington Monument and a thick layer of smoke, Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Washington. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Canada Wildfires—Washington
Smoke from Canadian wildfires obscures the view of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Canada Wildfires—Pennsylvania
A person in a protective face mask walks past the skyline in Philadelphia shrouded in haze, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Canada Wildfires—Washington
The Lincoln Memorial is seen at the national mall with a thick layer of smoke covering, on Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Washington. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Canada Wildfires—Washington
Smoke from Canadian wildfires obscures the view of the U.S. Capitol Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Canada Wildfires—Washington
The U.S. Capitol is barely seen at the national mall as a thick layer of smoke covers the nations capital, Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Washington. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Canada Wildfires—Pennsylvania
A man crosses Broad Street past a hazy City Hall, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in Philadelphia. Smoke from Canadian wildfires poured into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest on Wednesday, covering the capitals of both nations in an unhealthy haze, and prompting people to fish out pandemic-era face masks. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Canada Wildfires—Pennsylvania
The Benjamin Franklin Bridge and the Philadelphia skyline are shrouded in haze, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Canada Wildfires—New York
A man runs in front of the sun rising over the lower Manhattan skyline in Jersey City, N.J., Thursday, June 8, 2023. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Canada Wildfires—New York
MTA employee Shanita Hancle, left, hands out masks to commuters at the entrance to a subway station in New York, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Air pollution from Canadian wildfires are cloaking the northeastern U.S. for a second day. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Canada Wildfires—Washington
Haze blankets the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, Thursday, June 8, 2023, as seen from Arlington, Va. Smoke from Canadian wildfires is pouring into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest and covering the capitals of both nations in an unhealthy haze. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Canada Wildfires—Washington
The sun rises behind the Washington Monument and a thick layer of smoke, Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Washington. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Canada Wildfires—New York
Seen through a smokey haze from Canadian wildfires, a billboard displays an ad for Blizzard's Diablo IV on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in New York. Smoke from Canadian wildfires poured into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest on Wednesday, covering the capitals of both nations in an unhealthy haze, holding up flights at major airports, postponing Major League Baseball games and prompting people to fish out pandemic-era face masks. (AP Photo/Andy Bao)
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Canada Wildfires—New York
Traffic moves along Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in New York, amidst smokey haze from wildfires in Canada. Smoke from Canadian wildfires poured into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest on Wednesday, covering the capitals of both nations in an unhealthy haze, holding up flights at major airports and prompting people to fish out pandemic-era face masks. (AP Photo/Andy Bao)
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Canada Wildfires—New York
A man walks wearing a mask as an air quality health advisory was issued in New York on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki).
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Canada Wildfires—Washington
A smoke haze is seen over the Potomac River, the Jefferson Memorial (C) and Washington Monument (rear) in Washington, DC, as seen from Arlington, Virginia, June 8, 2023. Smoke from Canadian wildfires have shrouded the US East Coast in a record-breaking smog, forcing cities to issue air pollution warnings and thousands of Canadians to evacuate their homes. The devastating fires have displaced more than 20,000 people and scorched about 3.8 million hectares (9,390,005 acres) of land. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described this wildfire season as the country's worst ever. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
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Canada Wildfires—Washington
WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES - JUNE 08: A view of the smoke covered Washington Monument as air quality fell to dangerous levels due to Canada's wildfires, according to reports from the National Weather Service, in Washington DC, United States on June 08, 2023. Changed the air quality level from orange to red in and around Washington DC. (Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Canada Wildfires—New York
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 08: The Statue of Liberty is seen amid hazy conditions due to smoke from the Canadian wildfires on June 08, 2023 in New York City. People in the city and other areas are expected to have another day of bad air Thursday due to smoke from the Canadian wildfires. Air quality advisories continue to be in place for all five boroughs of the city of more than 8 million people. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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Canada Wildfires—Washington
People commute under a blanket of haze partially obscuring the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on June 8, 2023. Smoke from Canadian wildfires have shrouded the US East Coast in a record-breaking smog, forcing cities to issue air pollution warnings and thousands of Canadians to evacuate their homes. The devastating fires have displaced more than 20,000 people and scorched about 3.8 million hectares (9,390,005 acres) of land. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described this wildfire season as the country's worst ever. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Canada Wildfires—New York
Men wearing protective face masks leave Penn Station during warnings by officials of heavy pollution after thick haze and smoke caused by wildfires in Canada covered the area, in New York City, U.S., June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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Canada Wildfires—New York
Lenny Bullaro and his dog Sandy walk on the beach as haze and smoke from the Canadian wildfires shroud the sky at sunrise, in Lido beach, New York, U.S., June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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Canada Wildfires—New York
The sun peaks through the haze and smoke from the Canadian wildfires on the beach on the Atlantic Ocean during sunrise in Lido beach, New York, U.S., June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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Canada Wildfires—New York
The One World Trade Center tower in lower Manhattan in New York City is pictured from the Empty Sky 911 Memorial in Jersey City, New Jersey, shortly after sunrise as haze and smoke caused by wildfires in Canada hangs over the Manhattan skyline in New York, U.S., June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar
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Canada Wildfires—New York
A person wearing a mask uses a cell phone, as haze and smoke caused by wildfires in Canada hang over the Manhattan skyline, in New York City, New York, U.S., June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
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Canada Wildfires—New York
Two Orthodox Jewish men sit by the waterfront as haze and smoke caused by wildfires in Canada cover the Manhattan Skyline, in Brooklyn, New York, United States, June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky
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Canada Wildfires—Pennsylvania
Jun 7, 2023; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Smoke from Canadian wildfires obscure views of the scoreboard at Citizens Bank Park before a game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Detroit Tigers. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
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Canada Wildfires—New York
An airplane approaching LaGuardia Airport flies as haze and smoke from the Canadian wildfires shroud the sky at the Calvary Cemetery in the Queens Borough of New York City, U.S., June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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Canada Wildfires—New York
A view from the top of the Rockefeller Center, as haze and smoke caused by wildfires in Canada hang over the Manhattan skyline, in New York City, New York, U.S., June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
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Canada Wildfires—New York
A girl on a swing is seen in silhouette as haze and smoke from the Canadian wildfires shroud the sky at Barretto Point Park in the Bronx borough of New York City, U.S., June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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Canada Wildfires—New York
A view shows orange sky at National Weather Station Binghamton, as smoke from the Canadian wildfires shrouds the sky in Johnson City, New York, U.S., June 7, 2023. NWS Binghamton/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT
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Canada Wildfires—Quebec
Sun passing through the smoke of forest fires in Quebec
Smoke from Canadian wildfires poured into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest on Thursday, covering Washington D.C., New York, and Pennsylvania in an unhealthy haze — forcing school recesses indoors and prompting some people to wear pandemic-era face masks.
For the third day in a row, Toronto was under a special weather statement for high levels of pollution in the air — and Thursday's air quality is now about the same as the day before. Similarly, New York City has had the worst air quality of any major city in the world for much of this week, according to IQAir.
"Year after year, with climate change, we're seeing more and more intense wildfires and in places where they don't normally happen," Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a news conference.