EditorialA portion of the Soul Box Project, which displays hand-folded origami boxes representing a life lost or impacted by guns, is displayed along the National Mall in Washington, Oct. 17, 2021. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times)
EditorialAli Ahn as Melody, a 40-year-old writing teacher who inherits a box containing the title correspondences of “Letters of Suresh,” in New York on Oct. 7, 2021. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Rev. Dana Moore shows an origami rabbit made that death row inmate John Henry Ramirez made for him, in Corpus Christi, Texas, Aug. 23, 2021. (Matthew Busch/The New York Times)
EditorialTorri Huske, 18, competes in the 100-meter butterfly at the U.S. Olympic trials in Omaha, Neb., June 14, 2021. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)