EditorialAn employee assembles an item at Barel, a maker of specialized electronics used in offshore vessels and aircraft that has cut ties to Russia, in the port of Kirkenes, Norway, June 6, 2023. (Patrick Junker/The New York Times)
EditorialA worker assembles a battery pack for hybrid electric vehicles at a BMW manufacturing plant in Spartanburg, S.C., Oct. 19, 2022. (Juan Diego Reyes/The New York Times)
EditorialA worker assembles a battery pack for hybrid electric vehicles at a BMW manufacturing plant in Spartanburg, S.C., Oct. 19, 2022. (Juan Diego Reyes/The New York Times)
EditorialA worker assembles a battery pack for hybrid electric vehicles at a BMW manufacturing plant in Spartanburg, S.C., Oct. 19, 2022. (Juan Diego Reyes/The New York Times)
EditorialA worker assembles a battery pack for hybrid electric vehicles at a BMW manufacturing plant in Spartanburg, S.C., Oct. 19, 2022. (Juan Diego Reyes/The New York Times)
EditorialActress Emmy Rossum assembles a raspberry and rose confection called an Ispahan during a baking class at Ladurée in Manhattan, May 16, 2022. (Evelyn Freja/The New York Times)
EditorialAlvin Sun, the chef and owner of Java Saga, assembles an A.B.C. sandwich with one of his Taiwan No. 1 cutlets slathered in Nashville hot chicken-inspired “lava” sauce, at the restaurant in Atlanta, June 2, 2022. (Andrew Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialDavid Reich speaks on the phone at MSRF, his company that assembles gift baskets for huge chains like Walmart, in Schiller Park, Ill. on May 2nd, 2022. (Lyndon French/The New York Times)
EditorialDavid Reich speaks on the phone at MSRF, his company that assembles gift baskets for huge chains like Walmart, in Schiller Park, Ill. on May 2nd, 2022. (Lyndon French/The New York Times)
EditorialA cook assembles a Brainburner, whose patty uses barley, cashews and other vegan ingredients, at Burgerlords in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. (Miles Fortune/The New York Times)