Best Photos of the Day

A house represented by a “smudge” in Camille Pissarro’s painting of the Lordship Lane train station, in London, May 17, 2024. The position of a signal in the painting led to disagreement over whether it was in the wrong position. (Jeremie Souteyrat/The New York Times)

Ewan Mitchell in New York, May 31, 2024. As Aemond Targaryen, the young actor quickly became one of the “Game of Thrones” prequel’s most intriguing and fearsome characters. (Peter Fisher/The New York Times)

Kaitlin Becker with her son, Everett, at a vintage toy museum in Queens, June 30, 2024. Becker, who originated the role of Meekah in “Blippi,” makes children laugh during the week, but on Sundays it’s her turn to enjoy herself: movies, fancy treats and museum trips with her 6-year-old son. (Adrienne Grunwald/The New York Times)

Andy Cohen during the taping of the 15th anniversary special of his late-night talk show “Watch What Happens Live,” in New York, June 19, 2024. “No idea is dumb enough,” Cohen said. “We have always pushed the envelope and we need to continue doing it.” (Hunter Abrams/The New York Times)

An undated handout photo shows the sculptor Nancy Azara in the early 1970s. Azara, a sculptor who evoked ancient feminine imagery in her carved and painted wood pieces, and who in 1979 was a founder of the New York Feminist Art Institute, a school run by and for women artists, died on June 27, 2024, in Manhattan. She was 84. (Nancy Azara Studio via The New York Times)

Design sketches made in 1969 of the Muppet characters Bert and Ernie at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop in Queens on May 21, 2024. The workshop still cranks out characters more than three decades after Henson’s death. (Thomas Prior/The New York Times)

“Leonardo’s Lady” by Audrey Flack, the first photorealist painting acquired by the Museum of Modern Art, is displayed on the museum’s fifth floor in Manhattan on Nov. 9, 2020. Flack, a pioneer of photorealism who became known for oversize, in-your-face still lifes crowded with color and detail, died on June 28, 2024, in Southampton, N.Y. She was 93. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)

Bar Strava in Arrecife, the largest town on Lanzarote, one of Spain’s Canary Islands, on June 18, 2024. A place of windswept, austere beauty, this corner of the Canary Islands is a growing LGBTQ destination as well as a perfect place to clear the mind (Emilio Parra Doiztua/The New York Times)

A photo provided by norwaysbest.com/Sverre Hjornevik shows the Flam railway, which passes picturesque villages, dramatic mountains, raging rivers and pounding waterfalls. A traveler tests whether artificial intelligence can put together a Norwegian vacation that checks all the boxes: culture, nature, hotels and transportation. (norwaysbest.com/Sverre Hjørnevik via The New York Times)

Mabe Fratti in Berlin on June 8, 2024. The singer, cellist and composer has found inspiration in Mexico City’s experimental music scene — her new LP, “Sentir Que No Sabes,” wrestles with the idea of progress. (Maria Sturm/The New York Times)