EditorialWorkers prepare wood for Hindu ritual cremation ceremonies on the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi, northern India, on Dec. 19, 2022. (Mauricio Lima/The New York Times)
EditorialWorkers prepare wood for Hindu ritual cremation ceremonies on the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi, northern India, on Dec. 19, 2022. (Mauricio Lima/The New York Times)
EditorialShawn’te Harvell, a professor of mortuary science, the manager of his own funeral home and a trade embalmer, in Asbury Park, N.J., Oct. 27, 2022. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialThe drummer Anton Fier performs with the Golden Palominos, the band he formed in the 1980s, at Le Poisson Rouge in Manhattan on May 7, 2010. (Chad Batka/The New York Times)