EditorialGail Jennings slices shrimp to be added to her gumbo just a few minutes before serving, to keep them from overcooking, at home in Durham, N.C., Nov. 5, 2022. (Jeremy M. Lange/The New York Times)
EditorialLi Duan, a 43-year-old visually impaired triple jump track athlete, lights the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing on Friday, March 4, 2022. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialTorch bearers Dinigeer Yilamujiang and Jiawen Zhao of China, light the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Olympics at the National Stadium in Beijing on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Olympic cauldron burns at the end of the opening ceremony at the 2022 Beijing Olympics in Beijing on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialTorch bearers Dinigeer Yilamujiang, left, and Jiawen Zhao of China, light the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Olympics in Beijing on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialTorch bearers Dinigeer Yilamujiang and Jiawen Zhao of China, light the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Olympics in Beijing on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialThe lighting of the cauldron during the opening ceremony for the delayed 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo, Aug. 24, 2021. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Olympic cauldron sitting closed and unlit in an empty stadium ahead of the opening ceremony for the delayed 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo on Tuesday evening Aug. 24, 2021. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Olympic Flame burns in a cauldron at the Ariake Yume-no-Ohashi Bridge, where it was moved after its appearance at National Stadium for the Olympic Games? opening ceremonies, on the waterfront in Tokyo, Aug. 4, 2021. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialNaomi Osaka of Japan during her defeat by Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic at the Olympic Games in Tokyo on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialNaomi Osaka, of Japan, celebrates a point during her opening match win against Saisai Zheng, of China, during the first round of the tennis competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, July 25, 2021. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialThe tennis star Naomi Osaka lights the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics at the Olympic Stadium, July 23, 2021. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialVanderlei de Lima, a marathon athlete, on his way to light the Olympic caldron during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 5, 2016. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)