Smoke Stifles

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Murkiness from woods fires in Sumatra has covered the region, pushing contamination levels to record highs in Singapore, Malaysia and northern Indonesia. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Smoke chokes Southeast Asia

Indonesian police splash water on a peatland fire in Kampar, Riau territory on the Indonesian island of Sumatra September 20, 2015. Indonesia is scrambling to bring the flames on Sumatra and Kalimantan islands under control before the end of November, in the midst of grumblings from neighboring Singapore and Malaysia. REUTERS/Regina Safri/Antara Foto

A man wearing a veil watches from a boat as he passes the cloudiness covered central business area in Singapore September 24, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su

A helicopter worked by the National Agency for Disaster Management drops water on a fire in Langgam District, Riau territory on the island of Sumatra September 23, 2015. REUTERS/Regina Safri/Antara Foto

Muslim individuals go to an Eid al-Adha mass prayer as cloudiness covers at Agung Mosque in Palembang on Indonesia's Sumatra island, September 24, 2015. REUTERS/Antara Foto/Nova Wahyudi

Indonesian President Joko Widodo investigates the outcome of a late timberland flame amid a visit in Banjarbaru, south Kalimantan region, Indonesia September 23, 2015. REUTERS/Setpres/Antara Foto

A vacationer sets out on a pontoon close to the cloudiness covered central business region in Singapore September 24, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su

Indonesian officers and firefighters splash water on smoldered palm oil trees at palm oil ranch at Jebus town in Muaro Jambi, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, September 16, 2015. REUTERS/Beawiharta

An officer focuses to flames or problem areas in Kalimantan, Indonesian part of Borneo, on a screen at the Fire Command Post at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry in Jakarta September 22, 2015. REUTERS/Akbar Nugroho Gumay/Antara Foto

Travelers bring photographs with the points of interest of the central business region covered by fog at Merlion Park in Singapore September 24, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su

Specialists stroll up to the shore of a stream bowl subsequent to going on a boat as the cloudiness covered Batanghari River in Jambi, on Indonesia's Sumatra island, September 15, 2015. REUTERS/Beawiharta

Individuals look from a perception room at the murkiness covered shopping district of Orchard Road in Singapore September 24, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su

A woodland flame is seen from a helicopter worked by the National Agency for Disaster Management over Langgam District, Riau territory on the island of Sumatra September 23, 2015. REUTERS/Regina Safri/Antara Foto

A father conform a face cover for his tyke, which serves as assurance against the murkiness, in Palembang, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, September 20, 2015. REUTERS/Beawiharta

A blazed tree trunk is imagined in a backwoods at North Indralaya town in Ogan Ilir Regency, Indonesia's south Sumatra region September 13, 2015. REUTERS/Beawiharta

A mother changes her girl's cover as they head home from school in Kertapati area in Palembang, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, September 18, 2015. REUTERS/Beawiharta

Thick smoke ascends as a flame smolders a woods at north Indralaya town in Ogan Ilir Regency, Indonesia's south Sumatra region September 13, 2015. REUTERS/Beawiharta

A couple have their wedding photographs taken in the dimness' scenery covered central business area in Singapore September 24, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su

A lady swims in a housetop pool before the Petronas Towers, covered by cloudiness, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September 13, 2015. REUTERS/Olivia Harris

A tyke offers face covers to individuals along a dimness covered road in Palembang, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, September 20, 2015. REUTERS/Beawiharta

Officers from the nearby Disaster Management Agency endeavor to quench a flame in Sei Rambutan, Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra, Indonesia, September 17, 2015. REUTERS/Nova Wahyudi/Antara Foto

Muslim ladies pray for rain to put out the flames which wrapped the district in Pekanbaru, Riau region September 15, 2015. REUTERS/Rony Muharrman/Antara Foto

A vacant boarding region is seen at Sultan Thaha airplane terminal because of poor perceivability from the murkiness in Jambi, on Indonesia's Sumatra island, September 15, 2015. REUTERS/Beawiharta