EditorialBritney Dowling, left, uses a net to stave off ?tank bullies? as Cecilia Gonzalez uses tongs to dole out pieces of squid to green sea turtles at the New York Marine Rescue Center, on Long Island in Riverhead, N.Y., Feb. 16, 2023. (Anna Watts/The New York Times)
EditorialOasis, a needle-exchange program, uses Folgers coffee containers and tongs to pick up contaminated hypodermic needles during sweeps of Atlantic City, N.J., on Friday, July 23, 2021. (Michelle Gustafson/The New York Times)