EditorialSvenja Ostwald’s two daughters had accidentally released the M and I balloons they were holding to spell out “Omi,” a German term of endearment for grandmother, as they awaited her arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)
EditorialFrancesco Lepore, center, visits the Cathedral of Monreale during a mass, in Monreale, Italy, June 11, 2021. (Gianni Cipriano/The New York Times)