EditorialPeople displaced by conflict queue to fill up water from mobile cistern trucks near their tent shelters in Al-Bureij, Al-Bureij, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territory - 10 Nov 2024
EditorialFather Theophilus inside the Saint Helena cistern in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, a tangled knot of several chapels, monasteries and shrines, in Jerusalem on Aug. 22, 2022. (Amit Elkayam/The New York Times)
EditorialFather Theophilus inside the Saint Helena cistern in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, a tangled knot of several chapels, monasteries and shrines, in Jerusalem on Aug. 22, 2022. (Amit Elkayam/The New York Times)
EditorialResidents of the Industrial neighborhood near an underground cistern that is half empty in Monterrey, Mexico, on June 23, 2022. (Cesar Rodriguez/The New York Times)
EditorialAn elderly woman who refuses to evacuate from her home collects water from a cistern in Marinka, in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, on Thursday, July 21, 2022. (Laura Boushnak/The New York Times)
EditorialControversial artist AK47 unveils new installation "Pile of Shite" featuring a"Banksy" spray painted cone with asking price of over £1 million pounds
EditorialAn electric Zamboni machine smooths the ice before the Seattle Kraken play their inaugural NHL game against the Vancouver Canucks at Climate Pledge Arena, in Seattle, Oct. 23, 2021. (Lindsey Wasson/The New York Times)
EditorialA photo provided by the Guilford, Conn., Fire Department shows the cistern well that Chris Town, 67, fell into while helping a a friend move in to a 19th-century home. (Guilford Fire Department via The New York Times)