Best Photos of the Day

In the exhibition, The Ancients Among Us; Chinese and Japanese paintings and works of art, Kaikodo LLC, features a bronze Taotie mask with a ring handle from the 4-5th century. The taotie is an exceptional motif related to Chinese culture, prevalent during the Bronze Age. It appears as a decorative embellishment in the arts and crafts of China over several millennia, down to the present day. During the Han and Six Dynasties period the frontal, bilaterally symmetrical zoomorphic masks produced in bronze and fitted with loose ring handles were a common accoutrement.

Domenico DeMarco cuts a pizza at Di Fara Pizza in Brooklyn, July 29, 2009. DeMarco, who founded Di Fara Pizza in 1965, has died at 85, his daughter announced on March 17, 2022. He was a link between the cooking of Southern Italy and the city’s corner-slice culture. (Jessica Ebelhar/The New York Times

In a rendering provided by Image Friction for Flipper’s and Tishman Speyer shows the new roller-skating rink at Rockefeller Center, set to open April 15, 2022. A wheel-friendly rink is opening in Midtown’s famous sunken plaza, part of a rebrand of the Art Deco complex to attract more New Yorkers. (Image Friction for Flipper’s and Tishman Speyer via The New York Times

Gustavo Dudamel conducts the New York Philharmonic through works by Schubert, at the Lincoln Center in Manhattan, March 17, 2022. The superstar conductor, a possible successor to the New York Philharmonic’s podium, led a cycle of Robert Schumann’s symphonies and two premieres. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times

From left: Moglai Bap, D.J. Provai and Mo Chara, members of the Irish rap group Kneecap, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Feb. 7, 2022. The trio Kneecap is pioneering Irish-language rap, a genre that barely existed a decade ago. (Paulo Nunes/The New York Times

A photo provided by Anthony DeWitt shows, DADA Goldberg’s holiday dinner — in late February 2022. The Omicron surge — both the illness and precautions that came with it — bungled many a holiday gathering. Now, some are making up for it. (Anthony DeWitt via 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

An aerial view of the ancient temple complex of Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia at sunrise on Dec. 7, 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, 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

A hybrid car parked in front of an Electric Vehicle Charger in Manhattan, March 7, 2022. In one analysis that ranked 100 metropolitan areas in the U.S. according to the accommodations in place for electric car culture to thrive, New York ranked 93. (Gabby Jones/The New York Times