Best Photos of the Day

In an undated photo from Mario Hernandez/LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, Margaret Garcia at her studio in the Highland Park area of Los Angeles. Several museums in Southern California are celebrating Latino and Chicano art and artists across various mediums. (Mario Hernandez/LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes via The New York Times).

Quincy Tyler Bernstine and Ken Leung in “Evanston Salt Costs Climbing” at The New Group in New York, Oct. 25, 2022. Will Arbery’s play explores the existential dread filling the minds of an Illinois city’s public employees with the subtlety of a polar vortex. (Rachel Papo/The New York Times).

Zach Bryan performs in Aspen, Colo., Sept. 4, 2022. Bryan seemed a likely candidate for best new artist at the 65th annual Grammy Awards, but his only nomination came in the best country solo performance category. (Kristin Braga Wright/The New York Times).

Mark Boal, the Oscar-winning writer of “The Hurt Locker,” in Los Angeles, Nov. 14, 2022. Boal, a former journalist, specializes in stories about complicated heroes engulfed by events much larger than themselves — his first TV series, “Echo 3,” is no exception. (Jake Michaels/The New York Times).

A sign for the Calakmul archaeological zone near Calakmul, Yucatan, Mexico, on July 18, 2022. the sign features a jaguar, illustrating the influence of the animal on Maya culture. (Adrian Wilson/The New York Times).

The Altar Missal, a text used during Mass, at Old St. Mary's Catholic Church in Detroit, Oct. 19, 2022. Pope Francis has tried to discourage the traditional Latin Mass, but it is instead experiencing a revival in the U.S. and has sparked a sprawling proxy battle in the American church over not just songs and prayers but also the future of Catholicism and its role in culture and politics. (Nick Hagen/The New York Times).

Rauw Alejandro in Miami, Oct. 25, 2022. On his third album, “Saturno,” the Puerto Rican musician further reimagines the genre, drawing on the worlds of Miami bass, late ’90s underground and freestyle music. (Rose Marie Cromwell/The New York Times).

John Crim in the premiere of “Contact Fours,” part of Garth Fagan Dance’s season at the Joyce Theater in New York, Nov. 15, 2022. The “Lion King” choreographer brings his company to the Joyce Theater in programs that feature his work and dances by the talented Norwood Pennewell. (Andrea Mohin/The New York Times).

Fashion designer Tom Ford at the 2021 CFDA Fashion Awards in New York, on Nov. 10, 2021. Ford, a designer, film director, art collector and fashion world provocateur, can now add one more accolade to his list: billionaire; on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, Estée Lauder announced it had agreed to buy his company for $2.3 billion. (Krista Schlueter/The New York Times).

The mural “Between the Future Past,” by Layqa Nuna, at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., Nov. 10, 2022. Permanent public artworks by Layqa Nuna Yawar and Karyn Olivier offer in the airport’s Terminal A offer travelers different views of the Garden State. (Zack DeZon/The New York Times).