EditorialA man meditates in front of a makeshift memorial site at the scene where a mass shooting occurred four days prior at Star Ballroom Dance Studio, in Monterey Park, Calif. on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialA monk meditates underneath statues of Buddha, including one carved from jade, at Wat Buddha Thai Thavorn Vanaram, a Buddhist temple in the Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens, on Sept. 18, 2022. (Ruth Fremson/the New York Times)