Smoke and Mirrors: The World Cup's Unwelcome Guest The impending World Cup final in Qatar will be a spectacle of athletic prowess and national pride, but it will also coincide with an air quality crisis unfolding on the other side of the world.
As millions tune in to watch Lionel Messi or Kylian Mbappé etch their names into history, they'll be breathing compromised air.
Over 800 wildfires are raging across Canada, casting a pall of acrid smoke over parts of the country and several US states.