EditorialThe outdoor patio at Original Tommy's Burgers is roped off to keep diners from sitting, in Los Angeles on Dec. 6, 2020. (Kendrick Brinson/The New York Times)
EditorialCaribe, an outdoor dance hall in Legnago, Italy, has roped off its dance floor to adhere to a dancing ban in such venues to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (Francesca Volpi/The New York Times)
EditorialLocals go for an early morning walk at the Coronado Park in Phoenix on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, where a bench is roped off during the coronavirus pandemic. (Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times)
EditorialWalking at Coronado Park in Phoenix on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, where a bench is roped off during the coronavirus pandemic. (Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times)
EditorialA city block was roped off with police tape on Monday, June 22, 2020, after a Juneteenth celebration ended in violence in Charlotte, N.C. (Travis Dove/The New York Times)
EditorialA roped-off interview area outside the clubhouse at the New York Yankees' spring training complex in Tampa, Fla., on March 10, 2020. (Zack Wittman/The New York Times)
EditorialSen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) talks to reporters in a roped off area of the Capitol, that photographers are not allowed to stand in, before the start of the second day of the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)