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• September 15, 2026

Smog mixed with a thick layer of clouds covers the Metro Manila skyline in the Philippines, on August 27, 2026. Photo by Melvin James Urubio/NurPhoto/via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Photo by Melvin James Urubio/NurPhoto/via Getty Images Growing up in Shanghai in the early 1990s, Eric Zou remembers the air. “I lived a couple