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Wildfire smoke and reflecting pool work in Washington, DC
Smoke from wildfires burning in the U.S. and Canada creates a thick, hazardous haze that mostly obscures the Washington Monument and U.S. Capitol, as National Guard troops patrol in front of a dry, fenced Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on July 17, 2026. U.S. President Donald Trump continues to seek solutions to the algae problem in the pool. The smoke has driven air pollution to unhealthy levels in a large swath of the country, from Minnesota to Massachusetts and south to Virginia. (Photo by Allison Bailey/NurPhoto)
