EditorialA 5-foot-tall plastic figurine of the G-Shock mascot and a vertical fish tank where fish swim among G-Shock watches at the Yamagata Casio factory showroom in Higashine, Japan, Nov. 21, 2022. (Niroko Hayashi/The New York Times)
EditorialA female figurine called “Nana” and a wire sculpture resembling a flower on a desk in the office of Dr. Etienne-Emile Baulieu, the inventor of the abortion pill RU-486, at the Kremlin-Bicetre Hospital on the southern edge of Paris, Oct. 11, 2022. (Julie Glassberg/The New York Times)
Editorial-: ITALY - POPE FRANCIS DURING THE ANGELUS NOON PREYER FROM THE WINDOW OF HIS STUDIO OVERLOOKING ST PETER' S SQUARE AT THE VATICAN - 2022/12/11
EditorialVATICAN: ITALY - POPE FRANCIS DURING THE ANGELUS NOON PREYER FROM THE WINDOW OF HIS STUDIO OVERLOOKING ST PETER' S SQUARE AT THE VATICAN - 2022/12/11
EditorialAbove, a hippopotamus-shaped power object (Boli) from 20th century Mali molded from earth mixed with alcohol and blood, first half of the 20th century from Mali; below, “A Figurine of A Hippopotamus” from Egypt, ca. 1961-1878 B.C., on display in “The African Origin of Civilization” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Dec. 28, 2021. (Seth Caplan/The New York Times)