By Tuesday evening , New York City had the poorest airwave character of all the world ’s major cities .

1.Smoke from hundreds of activewildfires in Canadahas drifted south, blanketing more than a dozen states, including New York, where the sun rose this morning in a hazy sky behind the Empire State Building.

2.For a period Tuesday evening, New York City had thepoorest air qualityof all the world’s major cities.

3.The cause: drifting smoke from some400 wildfiresburning in Canada, over 200 of which are still out of control, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center.

4.The Statue of Liberty was covered in haze.

5.The skies above Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night were hazy as well.

6.Officials urged people to stay indoors to limit their exposure to wildfire smoke, which carriesPM2.5. These tiny particles can evade the body’s defenses, enter the bloodstream, and increase one’s risk of developing lung cancer and more. Times Square, meanwhile, was packed Tuesday evening.

7.This is what I saw on my walk home.

8.And here’s what a friend who lives in the Financial District usually sees out of his apartment window — versus what he saw today.

9.Central Park was enveloped in a dense haze.

10.Tourists, however, still sought out skyline views from atop Manhattan towers…

11….and from outer-borough waterfronts.

12.According to the National Weather Service, more thick smoke could descend on the region Wednesday.

13.New Yorkers, meanwhile, are taking it all in stride with jokes because — let’s be honest — it really does feel like we’re living in an apocalyptic movie right now.

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The sun is shrouded as it rises in a hazy, smoky sky behind the Empire State Building

The sun is shrouded as it rises in a hazy, smoky sky behind the Empire State Building and the skyline of midtown Manhattan

The sun over New York City takes on a red appearance on a hazy morning

The Statue of Liberty covered in haze

General view of hazy conditions as Anthony Rizzo of the New York Yankees jogs to the dugout at Yankee Stadium

Times Square in Manhattan is shrouded in haze and smoke

Several people on a Manhattan street with the foggy sky in the background

Central Park in Manhattan is enveloped in a dense haze

Person in a skyscraper looks out over Manhattan,  enveloped in a dense haze

A man stands on rocks alongside the East River and takes photos of the Manhattan skyline, shrouded in smoke

The Manhattan skyline stands shrouded in a reddish haze