Despite being more than 200 miles away from the wildfires in northern Minnesota and Canada, Minneapolis was considered the most polluted city in the world, according to IQAir data, on Thursday, July 16. The air quality was measured at 374 on the Air Quality Index (AQI). Anything over 300 is considered hazardous to inhale. Above, 29th Avenue NE was shrouded in a gray haze on Wednesday evening, July 15. Below, smoke blotted out the sun on Johnson Street at 8:30 a.m. on July 16.(Davis Steen)
