Seeing this striking photo from the AP, I thought, “Beijing!” Not the Olympic controversy, but the air we breathed when we were there. I bet it’s back to that level of pollution after the Olympics. 
The photo is from Hungary and the cyclist is reacting to Hungary’s first smog alert.
Photo credit: AP/ Bela Szandelszky
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Surprisingly, no, the air pollution hasn’t returned to previously horrifically bad levels. Check out the Asia Society’s daily [url=“http://www.asiasociety.org/beijingair/#room-with-a-view
” rel=“nofollow”]look out the window[/url] (with accompanying air quality index).