Smoky haze blanketing US and Canada could last into the weekend – Winnipeg Free Press
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A video game billboard in Times Square went viral Wednesday after pollution from the raging Canadian wildfires bathed the Big Apple in orange. The display in question promotes the new "Diablo IV" game and features Lilith, one of the game's antagonists, and perfectly captures the city's mood. "WELCOME TO HELL, NEW YORK," reads the promotion as the sinister, horned Queen of the Succubi — already bathed in red — stares down intently with a blanket of orange sky as a backdrop.
Around the world, people increasingly live with the sense that too much is happening, too fast. Chief among the sources of this growing angst are the rise of artificial intelligence, climate change, and Russia's war in Ukraine — each of which demands urgent attention from policymakers and political leaders.
New York City was covered in smoke from multiple wildfires in Canada Wednesday leaving air quality worse than all but two cities in the world.