EditorialA soldier with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces keeps watch from the roof of a former school made into a makeshift prison in Ainissa, Syria, July 2, 2018. (Charlie Savage/The New York Times)
EditorialOn a wet fall day, a western scrub jay makes a small jump while taking walnuts from the roof of a shed in an orchard near Elkton in western Oregon. The bird was using it's powerful beak to break open the nuts and eat the tender meat inside.