EditorialUkrainian sappers searching the heavily shelled grounds of a schoolyard for possible explosives and booby traps, in a part of the Kherson region of Ukraine that was previously occupied by Russian forces, on Oct. 24, 2022. (Finbarr O’Reilly/The New York Times)
EditorialA team of Ukrainian sappers searches for unexploded ordnance on the heavily shelled grounds of a schoolyard in an area of the Kherson region of Ukraine that was previously occupied by Russian troops on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. (Finbarr O'Reilly/The New York Times)
EditorialInstructor Erika Ruber, second from left, wearing purple, with Emerge Movement, leads an outdoor movement class in the schoolyard at Irvington Elementary School in Portland, Ore., on Saturday, April 3, 2021. (Kristina Barker/The New York Times)
EditorialAt SAR Academy, a private Jewish school in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, morning prayers are held in the schoolyard, with painted circles marking where each child should sit, on Sept. 15, 2020. (James Estrin/The New York Times)