EditorialShaheen Sajad is comforted by her eldest son, Sameer Ahmad, while her youngest son Salman Sajad looks on at their house in Vessu, India, Aug. 13, 202. (Showkat Nanda/The New York Times)
EditorialParticipants jump inside the playground at LifeTown, in Livingston, N.J., on Feb. 27, 2020. The playground is padded, and the gymnasium has a sound-dampening ceiling to reduce the echoes of basketballs on the hardwood floor. (James Estrin/The New York Time