EditorialQatari men greet each other by rubbing noses as they gather to train their falcons for hunting competitions outside of Al Khor, Qatar, on Dec. 3, 2022. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialPackaged mud is stacked in shipping cartons at the headquarters of Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud in Jim Bintliff’s garage in Longport, N.J., on Sunday, July 24, 2022. (Hannah Beier/The New York Times)
EditorialChina: 'Luohan, after a set attributed to Guanxio'. Ink rubbing of the stele commissioned by the Qianlong emperor depicting the arhat Asita. The upper right shows the inscriptions of the eulogy given by Qianlong. Stele c. 1757, ink rubbing c. 18th-19th ce
EditorialVisitors make a rubbing of a name at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington on Memorial Day, May 31, 2021. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times)
EditorialEXCLUSIVE: New Orleans man sells 3oz home-made sanitizer for $3 to desperate people in make shift 'Drive Thru' during the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic
EditorialJohn Mazlish, left, gets help from Scott Henkle, an employee at Brooklyn Wine Exchange in Brooklyn, while shopping for spirits to disinfect surfaces as a precaution against the coronavirus, after being unable to find rubbing alcohol at other stores, Friday, March 13, 2020. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)