EditorialA memorial outside Star Ballroom Dance Studio for the 11 people killed in the mass shooting there on Jan. 21, in Monterey Park, Calif., in January 2023. (Li Qiang/The New York Times)
EditorialMemorials for the victims of the racist massacre at the Tops Friendly Markets grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y., May 24, 2022. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
EditorialAn art exhibition blankets the National Mall with more than 700,000 white flags, each representing a person lost to COVID-19, in Washington, on Sep. 16, 2021. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
EditorialMakeshift memorials to the people who died in the fire at Grenfell Tower cover the wooden panels surrounding the site in London on June 8, 2022. (Andrew Testa/The New York Times)
EditorialIrene Salina places flowers on memorials for each victim of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School after a vigil at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Uvalde, Texas, May 28, 2022. (Ivan Pierre Aguirre/The New York Times)