As they do every fall, farmers in northern India burned crop residue following the harvest.
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In late-October and November, farmers in northern India burn off crop debris, a practice known as stubble burning.
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In November 2013, skies were smoky in northwestern India as farmers burned leftover crop residue.
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Many farmers in India set fire to their fields to clear them before planting, a practice known as stubble burning.
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Crop fires have cast a pall of smoke over the state of Punjab.
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Scores of agricultural fires burned in the northwest Indian states of Punjab and Haryana on November 3, 2008.
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Agricultural fires burn across Punjab, India, as farmers prepare for the growing season.
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Hundreds of fires are clustered in northwest India in this natural-color image from October 26, 2010.