EditorialA statue of Saddam Hussein stands in front of the burning National Olympic Committee building in Baghdad, on April 19, 2003. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)
EditorialA Houston Astros fan celebrates after the Astros won Game 6 of the American League Championship Series against the Boston Red Sox at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. (Annie Mulligan/The New York Times)
EditorialDemonstrators celebrate the toppling of President Hosni Mubarak after 18 days of protests against his government, in Cairo, Feb. 11, 2011. (Ed Ou/The New York Times)
EditorialWorkers rope off the statue of Theodore Roosevelt in Portland, Ore., on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, after it was overturned during a protest the previous night. (Mason Trinca/The New York Times)
EditorialA statue of Stalin, removed from a central square in 2010, outside the town of Gori, Georgia, May 6, 2019. (Daro Sulakauri/The New York Times)
EditorialThe bust of playwright Alfred Fagon, which is located in the suburb of Saint Pauls, home to much of Bristol, England’s Caribbean and African communities, was vandalised following the toppling of the Colston statue, June 12, 2020. (James Beck/The New York Times)