EditorialBurned manzanita brush is seen along the Pacific Crest Trail in Northern California on Aug 18, 2022, after the 2021 River Complex fire left behind the skeletal-looking remains. (Mason Trinca/The New York Times)
EditorialSusan Poole, who was 15 when she disappeared from her home near Fort Lauderdale a few days before Christmas in 1972. (Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office via The New York Times)
EditorialDr. Raquel Fortun, a forensic pathologist, inspects the skeletal remains of a drug war victim at a classroom in Manila, May 17, 2022. (Ezra Acayan/The New York Times)
EditorialSoldiers with the Ukrainian military’s 25th Airborne Brigade, at a base built into the skeletal remains of a tire factory in Avdiivka, Ukraine, Dec. 1, 2021. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times)
EditorialAn undated composite image provided by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department in Pascagoula, Miss., shows what Clara Birdlong may have looked like. (Jackson County Sheriff's Department via The New York Times)
EditorialA photo released by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation shows one of two properties where human remains were found recently near Alamosa, Colo. (Colorado Bureau of Investigation, via The New York Times)