EditorialStudents leave flowers under a statue on the Michigan State University campus after a mass shooting that occurred the night before, in East Lansing on Tuesday morning, Feb. 14, 2023. (Nick Hagen/The New York Times)
EditorialA makeshift memorial has been established surrounding a Spartan statue on the Michigan State University campus following a mass shooting at the school, in East Lansing on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. (Nick Hagen/The New York Times)
EditorialStudents embrace after leaving flowers at the Spartan statue at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. (Nick Hagen/The New York Times)
EditorialLeonidas at Thermopylae. Engraving based on the painting by Jacques-Louis David. It depicts the battle at Thermopylae, where the Spartan Leonidas blocked the way of the Persian army led by Xerxes. Leonidas is shown in the centre, naked and armed in Spa...
EditorialLeonidas at Thermopylae. Engraving based on the painting by Jacques-Louis David. It depicts the battle at Thermopylae, where the Spartan Leonidas blocked the way of the Persian army led by Xerxes. Leonidas is shown in the centre, naked and armed in Spa...