EditorialOusmane Sarmoye Ascofare carefully photographs a page at the headquarters of SAVAMA-DCI, an organization that works to preserve the Timbuktu manuscripts in Bamako, Mali, on March 11, 2022. (Nicolas Remene/The New York Times)
EditorialAmi Walet Idrissa, right, and Bintou Walet Abdou, who are from Timbuktu, in a suburb of Bamako, Mali, March 16, 2022. (Nicolas Remene/The New York Times)