EditorialMedical guidance has been sparse, with the long-awaited state health clinic that finally arrived at first only offering questionnaires. (Brian Kaiser/The New York Times)
EditorialMoses Moody, a second-year guard with the Golden State Warriors, during a shoot-around at practice at the Chase Center in San Francisco, Dec. 30, 2022. (Kelsey McClellan/The New York Times)
EditorialA sparse audience listens to the early speakers at a rally for Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Even when Mastriano took the lectern, only a few dozen people were on hand. (Mark Makela/The New York Times)
EditorialFor Crab House, a restaurant in midtown Manhattan, the Omicron variant has been one more obstacle to recovery. (Andrew Seng/The New York Times)
EditorialA band plays to a sparse crowd in an area for college football fans in? Indianapolis on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, ahead of the national championship game on Monday night. (AJ Mast/The New York Times)
EditorialSparse foot traffic at the IDS Center, a skyscraper housing offices and retail shops, in Minneapolis, Oct. 26, 2021. (Tim Gruber/The New York Times)
EditorialA sparse crowd at a game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Angels at Dodger Stadium, March 29, 2021. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)
EditorialOpposition to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pandemic policies is particularly intense among small businesses in the Los Angeles area. (David Walter Banks/The New York Times)
EditorialPresident Donald Trump speaks to supporters before boarding Air Force One for the last time at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Jan. 20, 2021, hours before the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times)
EditorialA sparse crowd in Ralph Wilson Stadium as the Buffalo Bills hosted the Indianapolis Colts for their first playoff game in 25 seasons, in Orchard Park, N.Y., Jan. 9, 2021. (Libby March/The New York Times)
EditorialIn the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, signs of the season were few along the area’s commercial strips, where many smaller stores have shuttered and crowds are sparse on Dec. 15, 2020. (David Gonzalez/The New York Times)
EditorialDemocratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff during his campaign for Georgia's 6th congressional district, in Dunwoody, Ga., April 11, 2017. (Kevin D. Liles/The New York Times)
EditorialVintage cars are driven past a sparse crowd during a pared-down Memorial Day parade in the Staten Island boough of New York on Monday, May 25, 2020. (Andrew Seng/The New York Times)
EditorialSparse crowds at Alexanderplatz, a large public square with shopping, on Sunday afternoon in Berlin, March 15, 2020. (Emile Ducke/The New York Times)