EditorialA sculpture where a yokai licks off the faces of subway riders in thrall to their cellphones at the Yokai Art Museum on the Japanese island Shodoshima, March 13, 2023. (James Whitlow Delano/The New York Times)
EditorialA sculpture where a yokai licks off the faces of subway riders in thrall to their cellphones at the Yokai Art Museum on the Japanese island Shodoshima, March 13, 2023. (James Whitlow Delano/The New York Times)
EditorialA sculpture where a yokai licks off the faces of subway riders in thrall to their cellphones at the Yokai Art Museum on the Japanese island Shodoshima, March 13, 2023. (James Whitlow Delano/The New York Times)
EditorialKynzlie Knapp licks a handful of snow during a winter storm in St. Joe, Ark., on Thursday morning, Feb. 3, 2022. (Terra Fondriest/The New York Times)