EditorialFrederik Mayet as Jesus on the cross in the Passion Play, a spectacle performed every 10 years by hundreds of townspeople in Oberammergau, Germany, Aug. 12, 2022. (Roderick Aichinger/The New York Times)
EditorialUnder government orders, the streets of Oberammergau, Germany have emptied and the two village schools closed due to the coronavirus, March 26, 2020. (Laetitia Vancon/The New York Times)