New Delhi: Congress MPs protested at the parliament with respirator masks and on the streets, people fought for their ‘right to breathe’ and the air quality remained ‘severe’ in the Delhi National Capital Region on December 3. The AQI climbed to 372.Here are a few PTI photos that illustrate the crisis.Demonstrators wearing masks hold posters during a protest demanding the government to take action to reduce air pollution, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. Photo: PTI Photo/Arun Sharma.Congress MP from Hisar Jai Prakash, above, and, from left to right, the party’s MPs Satpal Brahamchari from Sonipat, Varun Chaudhary from Ambala and Deepender Singh Hooda during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. Photo: PTI/Shahbaz Khan.Demonstrators wearing masks hold posters during a protest demanding the government to take action to reduce air pollution, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. Photo: PTI/Arun Sharma.Indian bass guitarist, social activist and music composer Rahul Ram performs during a protest demanding the government to take action to reduce air pollution, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. Photo: PTI/Arun Sharma.Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda wears a respirator mask during the Parliament’s Winter Session, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary.Congress MPs Jai Prakash, Satpal Brahamchari, Deepender Singh Hooda and Varun Chaudhary, and Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. Photo: PTI/Shahbaz Khan.A woman cleans a road amid low visibility as air quality deteriorates, in Gurugram, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. Photo: PTICommuters navigate through low visibility as air quality deteriorates, in Noida, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. Photo: PTI .Congress MP Imran Masood during the Parliament’s Winter Session, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary.Masood during the Parliament’s Winter Session, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary.A worker sprinkles water on plants along a road divider as part of the efforts to curb air pollution, in Gurugram, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. Photo: PTI.Commuters navigate through low visibility as air quality deteriorates, in Gurugram, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. Photo: PTI.