EditorialWorkers prepare wood for Hindu ritual cremation ceremonies on the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi, northern India, on Dec. 19, 2022. (Mauricio Lima/The New York Times)
EditorialWorkers prepare wood for Hindu ritual cremation ceremonies on the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi, northern India, on Dec. 19, 2022. (Mauricio Lima/The New York Times)
EditorialShawn’te Harvell, a professor of mortuary science, the manager of his own funeral home and a trade embalmer, in Asbury Park, N.J., Oct. 27, 2022. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialThe drummer Anton Fier performs with the Golden Palominos, the band he formed in the 1980s, at Le Poisson Rouge in Manhattan on May 7, 2010. (Chad Batka/The New York Times)
EditorialThe cremation of Dr. Philip Incao at the country’s only public open-air funeral pyre, in his adopted hometown of Crestone, Colo., March 5, 2022. (Trent Davis Bailey/The New York Times)
EditorialPeople shopping for funeral or cremation services may be particularly vulnerable to overpaying or being swindled, which is why experts say it’s important to be cautious when making those decisions. (Till Lauer/The New York Times)
EditorialMallory Greene holds one of the urns offered by her direct-to-consumer cremation startup, Eirene at Bayview Cemetery in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 13, 2022. (Nathan Cyprys/The New York Times)
EditorialThe remains of burnt wood from the cremation of Lovepreet Singh in the field outside his house in Lakhimpur Kheri, India, on Oct. 7, 2021. (Saumya Khandelwal/The New York Times)
EditorialThe remains of burnt wood from the cremation of Lovepreet Singh in the field outside his house in Lakhimpur Kheri, India, on Oct. 7, 2021. (Saumya Khandelwal/The New York Times)
EditorialThe remains of burnt wood from the cremation of Lovepreet Singh in the field outside his house in Lakhimpur Kheri, India, on Oct. 7, 2021. (Saumya Khandelwal/The New York Times)