Heavy smoke from wildfires is darkening skies from the US Midwest to the East Coast, in photos

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The Statue of Liberty is photographed from the Staten Island Ferry as smoke from wildfires blankets the sky, Thursday, July 16, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Heavy, pungent wildfire smoke darkened skies in the U.S. on Thursday from the Great Lakes to parts of the East Coast, reducing visibility and prompting warnings that breathing the air outside could be dangerous.

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Heavy smoke from wildfires is darkening skies from the US Midwest to the East Coast, in photos | iNFOnews.ca
A person looks out a window at the Top of the Rock Observation Deck as wildfire smoke hangs over New York, Thursday, July 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Heavy smoke from wildfires is darkening skies from the US Midwest to the East Coast, in photos | iNFOnews.ca
A golfer checks his score card at Willow Hills Golf course during poor air quality due to dense smoke from Canadian wildfires in Northbrook, Ill., Thursday, July 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Heavy smoke from wildfires is darkening skies from the US Midwest to the East Coast, in photos | iNFOnews.ca
A person uses binoculars to look out as smoke from wildfires blankets the sky at Top of The Rock observation deck at the Rockefeller Center, Thursday, July 16, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Heavy smoke from wildfires is darkening skies from the US Midwest to the East Coast, in photos | iNFOnews.ca
Hazy skies from Canadian wildfires cover Silver Beach and Lake Michigan, Thursday, July 16, 2026, in St. Joseph, Mich. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP)
Heavy smoke from wildfires is darkening skies from the US Midwest to the East Coast, in photos | iNFOnews.ca
The Detroit city skyline is obscured during poor air quality due to smoke from Canadian wildfires Thursday, July 16, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Heavy smoke from wildfires is darkening skies from the US Midwest to the East Coast, in photos | iNFOnews.ca
A person wearing a mask cycles in Times Square as smoke from wildfires blankets the sky, Thursday, July 16, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Heavy smoke from wildfires is darkening skies from the US Midwest to the East Coast, in photos | iNFOnews.ca
Wildfire smoke blankets Vandercook Lake as a fisherman tries his luck on Thursday, July 16, 2026, near Jackson, Mich., Thursday, July 16, 2026. (J. Scott Park/Jackson Citizen Patriot via AP)
Heavy smoke from wildfires is darkening skies from the US Midwest to the East Coast, in photos | iNFOnews.ca
People take the Staten Island Ferry as smoke from wildfires blankets the sky, Thursday, July 16, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Heavy smoke from wildfires is darkening skies from the US Midwest to the East Coast, in photos | iNFOnews.ca
The New York City skyline is shrouded in smoke as a flag flies in a park in Weehawken, N.J., Thursday, July 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Heavy smoke from wildfires is darkening skies from the US Midwest to the East Coast, in photos | iNFOnews.ca
A person wearing a mask takes the Staten Island Ferry as as smoke from wildfires blankets the sky, Thursday, July 16, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

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