EditorialA priest blesses people with holy water before they bathe in a pond to mark the Orthodox Christian holiday of Epiphany, in Polyanytsya, Ukraine on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times)
EditorialWorshippers bathe idols at the Jain Center of America in the Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens on May 15, 2022. Adherents of Jainism, an ascetic Indian religion, believe in nonviolence against all people and animals. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialA Finnish family emerges from their wood-heated sauna in Siikajoki, Finland, which has urged families to bathe together to save energy, Oct. 28, 2022. (Vesa Laitinen/The New York Times)
EditorialA Finnish family emerges from their wood-heated sauna in Siikajoki, Finland, which has urged families to bathe together to save energy, Oct. 28, 2022. (Vesa Laitinen/The New York Times)