EditorialKimberly Teehee, the Cherokee Nation’s nominated delegate for a nonvoting seat in Congress, during a House Rules committee hearing on seating a Cherokee Nation Delegate in the US House, in the Capitol on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022 in Washington. (Al Drago/The New York Times)
EditorialSeating assembled near St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, the evening before the funeral of the pope emeritus, Benedict XVI, on Jan. 4, 2023. (Alessandro Grassani/The New York Times)
EditorialEmpty seating before a restaurant opened for the evening on a Saturday afternoon in San Francisco, Calif., Dec. 10, 2022. (Aaron Wojack/The New York Times)
EditorialEmpty seating before a restaurant opened for the evening on a Saturday afternoon in San Francisco, Calif., Dec. 10, 2022. (Aaron Wojack/The New York Times)
EditorialMembers of the Fightin’ Gobblers football team practice before their final home game of the season at Cuero High School in Cuero, Texas, Nov. 3, 2022. (Callaghan O'Hare/The New York Times)
EditorialOutdoor seating with a view of the Rhine River for a restaurant at Rheinstein Castle in Trechtingshausen, Germany, Oct. 27, 2022. (Laetitia Vancon/The New York Times)
EditorialA dining shed outside of Abe's Pagoda Bar that is no longer being used for seating, in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, Aug. 28, 2022. (Timothy Mulcare/The New York Times)
EditorialA Zafferano Pina Pro Lamp at an outdoor seating area table of The Clam restaurant, in Manhattan, on Aug. 9, 2022. (Emon Hassan/The New York Times)
EditorialPatrons at Atlantic Avenue, the Long Island Bar has ample sidewalk seating and frozen Cosmopolitans, in New York on June 24, 2022. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)
EditorialPatrons at Atlantic Avenue, the Long Island Bar has ample sidewalk seating and frozen Cosmopolitans, in New York on June 24, 2022. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)
EditorialThe outdoor seating in Mandarin Plaza, under the shade of a grape arbor, at Angry Egret Dinette in Los Angeles, June 17, 2022. (Cody James/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Mary Lane, a breezy West Village bistro with outdoor seating and a menu focused on seasonal ingredients, in Manhattan on April 27, 2022. (Anna Watts/The New York Times)