EditorialDixie Walker, tourism coordinator for Brunswick County, Va., at the Taste of Brunswick Festival in Lawrenceville, Va., Oct. 8, 2022. (Jennifer Chase/The New York Times)
EditorialFirefighters battle the Dixie fire near Taylorsville, Calif., on Aug. 9, 2021. As last summer’s climate disasters have faded from memory, oil companies have been bolder in calling for more drilling. (Christian Monterrosa/The New York Times)
EditorialClockwise from top left, Billy Wayne Davis, Bobby Gene Gaddis, Charles David Reed and Billy Sunday Birt. (Watauga County Sheriff’s Office via The New York Times)
EditorialThis year, TikTok’s biggest stars — Charli and Dixie D’Amelio, Noah Beck, Addison Rae and others — leapt from the phone screen to other platforms in the pop culture universe, with mixed results. (Simoul Alva/The New York Times)
EditorialFirefighters try to stop the oncoming Dixie fire in Lassen National Forest in California on Aug. 25, 2021. (Brent McDonald/The New York Times)
EditorialDestroyed properties as a result of the Dixie Fire in the the Gold Rush-era town of Greenville, Calif. on Aug. 27, 2021. (Brent McDonald/The New York Times)
EditorialDixie D'Amelio at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, Sept. 13, 2021. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times)
EditorialCharles Nutt, who has an intellectual disability, stands on the lot of his former home, which was destroyed in 2018 by the Camp Fire, in Paradise, Calif., Sept. 22, 2021. (Christian Monterrosa/The New York Times)
EditorialThe remnants of trees burned by the Dixie Fire near Antelope Lake, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. (Christian Monterrosa/The New York Times)
EditorialThe D’Amelio family, from left, Charli, Heidi, Marc and Dixie on set for the family’s television series in Los Angeles, May 6, 2021. (Philip Cheung/The New York Times)
EditorialHeather Kingdon fights back the flames of the Dixie fire as the enormous blaze reaches her family’s home in Genesee, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021. (Christian Monterrosa/The New York Times)
EditorialFirefighters check for any spread of the Dixie Fire in Genesee, Calif. late Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. (Christian Monterrosa/The New York Times)
EditorialFirefighters on standby as smoke from the Dixie Fire fills the sky in Genesee, Calif. on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. (Christian Monterrosa/The New York Times)
EditorialA hose line sits ready to defend the barn as Vanessa, left, and Heather Kingdon discuss an action plan if the Dixie Fire reaches the Walking G Ranch in Taylorsville, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. (Christian Monterrosa/The New York Times)
EditorialMelted children’s play equipment near a home in Janesville, Calif. on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, that was destroyed by the Dixie Fire. (Christian Monterrosa/The New York Times)