Best Photos of the Day

John Travolta? Well, John Travolta of Olinda.CAPTION: A 12-foot John Travolta puppet dances around a giant crowd in the streets of Olinda, Brazil, on Saturday. Feb. 10, 2024. The Brazilian city of Olinda has become famous for its giant puppets during Carnival, including one honoring the star of “Saturday Night Fever.” (Dado Galdieri/The New York Times)

From left: Reed Tankersley, Miriam Gittens, Skye Mattox, Daisy Jacobson and Jake Tribus rehearse for a revival of Twyla Tharp's "Ocean's Motion" in New York on Feb. 5, 2024. For her latest program at the Joyce Theater, the one-of-a-kind choreographer showcases two new dances, along with a revival of “Ocean’s Motion.” .CREDIT: (Julieta Cervantes/The New York Times)

One of the many book stalls alongside the River Seine in Paris on Oct. 23, 2020. Deeming the booksellers “a living heritage of the capital,” President Emmanuel Macron has countermanded a city order to close the riverbank’s beloved ‘bouquinistes’ for security reasons during the 2024 Olympics. (Mauricio Lima/The New York Times)

A new plaque on cable car No. 53 in San Francisco after it was dedicated to Tony Bennett on Feb. 14, 2024. Bennett’s signature song, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” with its lyrics about cable cars climbing halfway to the stars, is an enduring source of pride and nostalgia here. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)

World Magazine founder Joel Belz in his office at the magazine headquarters in Asheville, N.C., on Nov. 5, 2014. Belz, the founder of World, a pioneering Christian magazine covering politics, culture and other topics through a biblical lens while occasionally drawing wider notice for its reporting on prominent religious figures behaving less than holy, died on Feb. 4, 2024, at his home in Asheville, N.C. He was 82. (Mike Belleme/The New York Times)

Members of Second City’s cast, clockwise, from left, Yazmin Ramos, Ben Rameaka, Jordan Savusa, Jacklyn Uweh, Drew Reilly and Ashley Blair, on the stage of their new 12,000-square-foot home in New York, Jan. 31, 2024. The Chicago improv comedy company hopes a gleaming new outpost in Brooklyn gets New York laughing at itself. (Peter Fisher/The New York Times)

A photo provided by Mark Douet shows Nicola Turner, Nancy Allsop, Lara McDonnell and Sophia Allsop, who play sisters in “The Hills of California,” at the Harold Pinter Theater in London. Jez Butterworth’s new play explores the family dynamics of a song and dance troupe that didn’t make the big time. (Mark Douet via The New York Times)

Kali Malone in Paris in January 2024. The 29-year-old musician grew up in Colorado and ended up in Sweden, where she fell in love with the organ — her latest album, “All Life Long,” is out now. (Sam Hellmann/The New York Times)

A photo provided by Vladimir Simicek shows the entrance to the Love Bank in Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia, before a damaging fire last year. Efforts are underway to restore the museum, which celebrates the “world’s longest love poem” and rents tiny boxes to house romantic keepsakes. (Vladimir Simicek via The New York Times)

From left: Skye Mattox, Miriam Gittens, and Daisy Jacobson rehearse Twyla Tharp's "Ocean's Motion" in New York, Feb. 5, 2024. For her latest program at the Joyce Theater, the one-of-a-kind choreographer showcases two new dances, along with a revival of “Ocean’s Motion.” (Julieta Cervantes/The New York Times)