Editorial A line of cars waits to enter the Dongjiao funeral parlor and crematory in Beijing, China on Dec. 20, 2022. (Gilles Sabrie/The New York Times)
EditorialDayanand Kaushik, a Hindu priest who has overseen cremations in New Delhi’s Nangli Vihar neighborhood for the last 22 years, at the cremation grounds, May 24, 2021. (Atul Loke/The New York Times)
EditorialA sprayer tank is used to sterilize the chapel at Xilotepec Cemetery, which which was providing free cremations for victims of the coronavirus, in the Xochimilco neighborhood of Mexico City, May 7, 2020. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times)