EditorialA wedding party for the daughter of Ashraf Zaher, the chief undertaker of Cairo’s oldest cemetery, in front of the mausoleum where the family lives, Feb. 3, 2022. (Heba Khamis/The New York Times)
EditorialBilly Hammond, an undertaker and the mayor of Fair Bluff, N.C., which was devastated by flooding from Hurricane Matthew five yeas ago, on June 18, 2021. (Mike Belleme/The New York Times)