People, wearing masks and covering their faces with handkerchiefs to protect themselves from the smell of heavy smog, walk in Moscow

People, wearing masks and covering their faces with handkerchiefs to protect themselves from the smell of heavy smog, walk in Moscow

People, wearing masks and covering their faces with handkerchiefs to protect themselves from the smell of heavy smog, caused by peat fires in nearby forests, walk in Moscow, August 7, 2010. Dense clouds of acrid smoke from peat and forest fires choked Russia’s capital on Friday, seeping into homes and offices, diverting planes and prompting exhausted Muscovites to wear surgical masks to filter the foul air. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIA – Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)