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261TODD HEISLER/The New York Times/Redux ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty ImagesCardboard cutouts and piped-in cheering replaced fans in the stands as the New York Mets hosted the Atlanta Braves in their season opener in July 2020, the beginning of a sixty-game abbreviated season four months after baseball%u2019s Opening Day. New York Times photographer Todd Heisler said, %u201cOn television, the sounds and the cutouts gave the illusion of a sense of normalcy. But being there in person only seemed to make the lack of fans more pronounced.%u201dArtist Suzanne Firstenberg%u2019s memorial to the victims of COVID-19, entitled %u201cIN AMERICA How Could this Happen?,%u201d was installed in Washington, D.C. Photographed here by Roberto Schmidt, the memorial had a flag for every death recorded prior to and during its installation. Volunteers helped tag and collect flags, some of which were personalized by family or friends. The installation finished on November 30, 2020, the date of the photo; the count was 276,080 flags.5 The COVID-19 PandemicCopyright %u00a9 Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers. Distributed by Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishers. For review purposes only. Not for redistribution.