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Canadian wildfires smoke engulfs north-east – in pictures

Tens of millions of people in the US were under air quality alerts on Wednesday, as smoke from Canadian wildfires drifted south, turning the sky a murky brown and saturating the air with harmful pollution. Hundreds of fires are burning in Canada, from the western provinces to Nova Scotia and Quebec in the east

Main image: A person in Weehawken, New Jersey, looks out at the New York City skyline as it is covered with haze and smoke from Canada wildfires Photograph: Eduardo Muñoz/Getty Images

Wed 7 Jun 2023 19.58 BST Last modified on Wed 7 Jun 2023 20.08 BST

  • Smoke from forest fires in northern Ontario and in Quebec contribute to a pink hazy sunset in the city from the Cherry Beach

  • A woman looks at the Manhattan skyline engulfed in haze

  • A man talks on his phone as he looks through the haze at the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, New Jersey

  • A man wears a face mask as smoke continues to shroud the sun as it rises behind the Manhattan skyline

  • Pearl Purity Water Solutions employees brush algae from the bottom of the Reflecting Pool as wildfire smoke casts a haze over the National Mall in Washington DC

  • A woman wears a face mask in Weehawken, New Jersey, as smoke shrouds the sun as it rises behind the Manhattan skyline

  • A helicopter waterbomber flies above the Cameron Bluffs wildfire near Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada

  • A tourist uses a cellphone to capture images as haze blankets over the Washington Monument

  • People sit in Brooklyn Bridge Park as smoke from the wildfires in Canada cause hazy conditions in New York City

  • Smoke billows upwards from a planned ignition by firefighters tackling the Donnie Creek Complex wildfire south of Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

  • A person looks out at Midtown Manhattan in the haze from the Top of the Rock observation deck at Rockefeller Center in New York City

  • Hazy conditions are seen at Yankee Stadium before the game between the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees on 7 June

  • People attend a morning yoga class on The Edge observation deck in New York City with a view of a hazy Manhattan skyline

  • The Empire State Building stands in the background as a person wearing a mask walks

  • The Statue of Liberty is covered in haze and smoke

  • People take photographs as a smoky Toronto is seen from the CN Tower

  • Smoke from the Cameron Bluffs wildfire along Highway 4 near Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada

  • People stand on the observation deck at Rockefeller Center in New York City amid the haze

  • A passenger wearing a face mask rides the Staten Island Ferry past the Manhattan skyline

  • Canada geese are pictured along the Hudson River shortly after sunrise, as haze and smoke hang over the Manhattan skyline

  • A child stands on the shore in Brooklyn as the New York City skyline and East River are shrouded in smoke
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