EditorialTemple Administrator Topden Lepcha brings the purified sacred prayer books of the Singhik Buddhist temple in preparation for the Buddhist holiday of Saka Dawa., Singhik, Sikkim, india - 05 May 2015
Editorial Jason Page fills jugs of purified water for local residents at the Sykes Park Community Center in Jackson, Miss. on Aug. 30, 2022. (Edmund Fountain/The New York Times)