Best Photos of the Day

Joan B Mirviss LTD presents "Kondō Takahiro: Making Waves" for Asia Week New York at 39 East 78th Street (Madison Ave), 4th floor, New York. Shown alongside Kondō's daring sculptures are ink paintings by artist Bingyi titled, "Land of Immortals."

Julian Wachner conducts a performance at Trinity Wall Street in Manhattan, Dec. 13, 2018. Trinity Wall Street, one of New York’s wealthiest and most powerful churches, said on Saturday, March 12, 2022, that it was placing its high-profile director of music on leave as it investigates an allegation of sexual misconduct against him. (Vincent Tullo/The New York Times

In a photo provided by Katie McClain shows, stockings that were stuffed on Jan. 9. The Omicron surge --- both the illness and precautions that came with it --- bungled many a holiday gathering. Now, some are making up for it. (Katie McClain via The New York Times

The author Maureen Howard in 1991. Howard, who first drew wide attention in 1965 with her novel "Bridgeport Bus," which came to be regarded as a precursor to second-wave feminism, and went on to write ambitious, well-regarded books for 45 more years, died on Sunday, March 13, 2022, in Manhattan. She was 91. (The New York Times

Peter Bermbach at his home in Paris March 3, 2022. Bermbach departed West Germany in 1960 after being imprisoned under Paragraph 175. "Great Freedom," a new film, traces the many decades it took to abolish Paragraph 175, a measure criminalizing sex between men that was strengthened by the Nazis. (Elliott Verdier/The New York Times

A rehearsal for "The Life," at New York City Center in New York, March 11, 2022. The actor Billy Porter is directing an Encores! revival of the 1997 musical, updating it to confront hard truths about racism, poverty and carceral injustice. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times

Signage for the Juilliard School is seen in New York, June 10, 2021. The school’s chairman and biggest benefactor, Bruce Kovner, had wanted its president, Damian Woetzel, to leave after a negative evaluation --- he marshaled support and stayed. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times

Paavo Järvi conducts the New York Philharmonic during a performance at David Geffen Hall in New York, Jan. 3, 2019. As the Russian military began its attack on Ukraine in late February 2022, the Estonian American conductor Paavo Järvi was in Moscow, leading rehearsals for a long-planned engagement with a Russian youth orchestra. (Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times

A couple visits Ta Prohm temple at the ancient temple complex of Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on Dec. 6, 2021. Cambodia has been open to foreign tourists for months, but in this time of COVID-19, few have made the trip. (Thomas Cristofoletti/The New York Times.

Vladyslav Buialskyi, a Ukrainian bass-baritone singer, rehearses "Eugene Onegin" at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Feb. 9, 2022. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Buialskyi has become a symbol of his country’s struggles at the Met, which will host a concert in support of Ukraine on Monday, March 14, 2022. (Vincent Tullo/The New York Times.