Faheem sets up a fishing trap, with the bridge over the River Ravi in the background, amid smog in Lahore, Pakistan on November 5, 2024. (Photo by Nida Mehboob/Reuters)





Gulzar and Sikandar use a wooden block to level the ground for traditional mud wrestling amid early morning smog at Greater Iqbal Park in Lahore, Pakistan on November 7, 2024. (Photo by Nida Mehboob/Reuters)





Pakistani horse riders participate in a tent pegging competition during a horse and cattle show organized by Directorate General of Sports Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed Stadium in Peshawar, Pakistan, 10 November 2024. More than 1,000 horses are expected to take part in the three-day horse and cattle show, which began on 8 November at the Karnal Sher Khan Stadium, while traditional music, art exhibitions, poetry recitals, vintage car displays and a family festival will further highlight the region's rich heritage. (Photo by Bilawal Arbab/EPA)





People commute on a smoggy morning in Peshawar, Pakistan, on November 11, 2024. (Photo by Fayaz Aziz/Reuters)





A man rows his boat in the waters of river Ravi engulfed in smog in Lahore on November 13, 2024. Lahore – a city of 14 million people stuffed with factories on the border with India – regularly ranks among the world's most polluted cities, but it has hit record levels this month. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)





Women carry a bucket of water along a path engulfed in smog in Lahore on November 13, 2024. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)





Sikh devotees gather around a bus carrying the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh holy book, during a religious procession on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, in Nankana Sahib, in the Punjab province of Pakistan, on November 15, 2024. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)





A view of a collapsed pedestal bridge seen amid polluted waters in front of fishing boats at the Fish Harbour on a morning, in Karachi, Pakistan, on November 15, 2024. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





A vehicle of the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) sprays water using an anti-smog gun to curb air pollution amid heavy smoggy conditions in Lahore on November 19, 2024. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)





Sikh pilgrims arrive at the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib to pay their respect during celebrations marking the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism, in Kartarpur near the India-Pakistan border on November 19, 2024. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP Photo)





Schoolchildren walk across a railway track amid thick smog in Lahore on November 20, 2024. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)





A vedor displays a donkey for sale at famous donkey market in Karachi, Pakistan, 24 November 2024. The price of donkeys in Pakistan has soared to PKR 300,000 (around 1,080 USD) due to rising demand from China for donkey hides, which are used in cosmetics and traditional medicines, according to sellers at the market. This surge has led to a decline in local buyers at markets like Karachi's Lehari donkey market, as the high prices make them unaffordable for many. The growing global demand for natural resources in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals has significantly influenced domestic markets, with no signs of demand slowing down. In June 2023, Pakistan approved the export of donkey hides to China, formalizing trade agreements to meet this increasing demand, which also includes the potential export of other goods like cattle and dairy products. (Photo by Shahzaib Akber/EPA)





Employees of a fuel station play cricket on a deserted road blocked with shipping containers near the Red Zone area ahead of a protest rally by supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party in Islamabad on November 24, 2024. Authorities blocked roads in Islamabad with shipping containers and beefed up security after jailed opposition leader Imran Khan's party called for fresh protests to demand his release. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP Photo)





Police officers fire rubber bullets to disperse supporters of imprisoned former premier Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, during clashes, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, November 26, 2024. (Photo by Irtisham Ahmed/AP Photo)





A supporters of imprisoned former premier Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, aims to throw stones with slingshot following police fire tear gas shell to disperse them during clashes, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, November 26, 2024. (Photo by Anjum Naveed/AP Photo)





Paramilitary soldiers fire tear gas shells to disperse supporters of imprisoned former premier Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, during clashes, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, November 26, 2024. (Photo by Irtisham Ahmed/AP Photo)





A supporter of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party gestures after tear gas was fired by the police to disperse the crowd during a protest to demand the release of former prime minister Imran Khan in Islamabad on November 26, 2024. Thousands of protestors calling for the release of Pakistan's jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan defied roadblocks and tear gas to march to the gates of the nation's capital on November 26. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP Photo)





A Security force personnel fires a tear gas shell to prevent an anti-government rally by supporters of the former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), in Islamabad, Pakistan, on November 26, 2024. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





Policemen fire tear gas shells to disperse supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party during a protest to demand the release of former prime minister Imran Khan, in Islamabad on November 26, 2024. Thousands of protestors calling for the release of Pakistan's jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan defied roadblocks and tear gas to march to the gates of the nation's capital on November 26. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP Photo)





A woman carries recyclables from the burnt truck used by Bushra Bibi, wife of jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, after security forces launched a raid on supporters of Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) who had stormed the capital demanding his release on Tuesday, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on November 27, 2024. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)