EditorialMark Noguchi, center, with his family making pork-stuffed wontons for saimin on the island of Oahu in Mānoa, Hawaii, June 15, 2023. (Mike Ito/The New York Times)
EditorialOvenny Jermeto, a veteran of the U.S. military, at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Oahu, Hawii, a five-hour flight from his home in the Marshall Islands, May 9, 2023. (Akasha Rabut/The New York Times)
EditorialSofia de Solo, a support meteorologist, looks out a window as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data-gathering flight descends toward Oahu, Hawaii on Jan. 12, 2023. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialCarissa Moore, an Olympic gold medalist, is greeted by giddy girl fans during the Vans Pipe Masters tournament at Pipeline, on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, Dec. 17, 2022. (Gabriella Angotti-Jones/The New York Times)
EditorialGioncarlo Valentine, right, teaches Malcolm Hall choreography of Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” in Oahu, Hawaii, April 11, 2020. (Gioncarlo Valentine/The New York Times)
EditorialKyle Kajihiro, left, and Terrilee Keko'olani, who offer alternative, educational tours of Oahu, outside Iolani Palace in Honolulu on Jan. 19, 2020. (Marco Garcia/The New York Times)