EditorialA vendor of banana leaves, a traditional way of plating or wrapping some foods that is gaining popularity in the face of a ban on disposable plastics, in Chennai, India, July 8, 2022. (Anindito Mukherjee/The New York Times)
EditorialVoters check their body temperature and put on disposable gloves before voting at Gyonamdong polling station in Seoul, South Korea on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. (Woohae Cho/The New York Times)
EditorialKamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee team competes in the team figure skating event at the Winter Olympics in Beijing, Feb. 7, 2022. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
EditorialA graphic provided by FRED shows two measures of personal saving as a percentage of disposable personal income since 1930. (FRED via The New York Times)
EditorialClockwise from top: Meal, Ready-to-Eat, or M.R.E. packaging, toilet paper, peanut butter packet, disposable spoon, creamy spinach fettuccine entree, packet used for storing entree while it heats, flameless ration heater (to heat up the entree), pretzels, crackers, hot sauce, salt, matches, coffee, creamer, gum, sugar, moist towelette, chocolate protein drink in Gainesville, Ga. on May 15, 2021. (Rinne Allen/The New York Times)
EditorialMaria del Rosario Palacios, a local organizer, at her mother’s home in Gainesville, Ga., on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. (Nicole Craine/The New York Times)