EditorialA trail that passes by the 13th-century Fort Saint-Elme, one of several routes over the Pyrenees mountains used by refugees escaping the Nazis by fleeing to Spain during World War II, near Collioure, France, Nov. 1, 2021. (Samuel Aranda/The New York Times)
EditorialRobert Bly, the best-selling poet, author and translator, in New York on May 10, 1996. Bly, the Minnesota poet, author and translator who articulated the solitude of landscapes, galvanized protests against the Vietnam War and started a controversial men’s movement with a best seller that called for a restoration of primal male audacity, has died. He was 94. The death was confirmed by Cora Markowitz, a spokeswoman for the Georges Borchardt literary agency, which represented Bly. She said she did not have information immediately on where or when he died. (Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times)
EditorialOrlando Bloom and Condola Rashad in the title roles of "Romeo and Juliet" at at the Richard Rodgers Theater in New York, Aug. 23, 2013. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialPatrice Solorzano, right, and her daughter, Jena, who each took advantage of the solitude of quarantine to get cosmetic surgeries, in Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 5, 2020. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
EditorialFamilies swim and relax at the Lake Solitude dam and waterfall before it was closed, in High Bridge, N.J., on Sunday, July 19, 2020. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)
EditorialTom and Mona Mesereau at work running their public relations business from their Winnebago in Evergreen, Colo., on May 30, 2020. (Benjamin Rasmussen/The New York Times)