EditorialMacy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon inflation on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The giant balloons came to life thanks to helium and hundreds of volunteer workers in the annual prelude to the holiday season. Here is The Boss Baby balloon.
EditorialThe Sub-Zero Layer: Trustworthy Devices for a Decentralized Economy, Consensus 2022 by CoinDesk, Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas, USA - 11 Jun 2022
EditorialA meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., prepares a weather balloon for release on April 17, 2019.?(William Widmer/The New York Times)
EditorialTamona Skinner, 5, in Manhattan on Nov. 25, 2021, at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, which returned with all its helium-filled pomp and corporate-branded holiday cheer. Last year, the event was downsized drastically and had no spectators. (Anna Watts/The New York Times)
EditorialWorkers inflate Funko’s Grogu balloon for a test flight for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Nov. 24, 2021. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialA tank of helium used to fill Anicka Yi’s giant airborne creatures in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in London, Oct. 6, 2021. (Lauren Fleishman/The New York Times)
EditorialMcKenna Secrist, center, a commercial hot air balloon pilot, watches as a helium balloon, called a pibal, floats in the sky near Enumclaw, Wash. on July 22, 2021. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)
EditorialPalestinian children hold helium balloons as they take part in a rally, in front of Kolk family house which was destroyed by Israeli air strike, Gaza city, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territory - 07 Jul 2021
EditorialTito Ovia, whose company, Helium Health, has helped hospitals and clinics set up electronic medical records and hospital management systems, in Lagos, Nigeria, Nov. 17, 2020. (Yagazie Emezi/The New York Times)