EditorialAntonello da Messina, “Christ Crowned with Thorns” (circa 1470) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “A New Look at Old Masters,” in New York on Dec. 21, 2020. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
EditorialThosh Collins removes thorns from buckthorn cactus buds while his wife, Chelsey Luger, plays with their daughter Alo, 2, on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, a few miles from their home outside Scottsdale, Ariz., on April 5, 2020. (Caitlin O'Hara/The New York Times)