A Trip to See the End of the World

Why visit Chernobyl?

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Dear readers,

This year, our spring Voyages Issue has a somber tone, arriving as most of us are sheltering in place, canceling our plans and making preparations to stay home indefinitely. But the stories we’re bringing you are not are not invitations to travel. At a moment when borders are closing and travel is mostly forbidden, these stories read like dispatches from a world that we did not fully appreciate, one in which we were free to move around the globe.

We hope they provide you with some comfort. And we hope you’re safe.

OUR VOYAGES ISSUE Mark Neville for The New York Times   Why Would Anyone Want to Visit Chernobyl? Maybe they’re looking for a glimpse of the apocalypse. By Mark O’Connell Massimo Vitali   I’m a Calamity Obsessive. After My Trip to Italy, I Was the Calamity. I wasn’t planning to be on vacation in a pandemic. It changed the way I’ll think about risk forever. By Heidi Julavits Seth Casteel for The New York Times   Learning to Swim Taught Me More Than I Bargained for At 28, I thought my life was pretty settled. Nope. By Jazmine Hughes Christoph Niemann   In Praise of a Normal, Boring Country A cartoonist finds solace in Estonia's grit, thrift, and good cheer. By Christoph Niemann

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ALSO FROM THE MAGAZINE Photo illustration by Delcan & Co.   What I Learned When My Husband Got Sick With Coronavirus Our world became one of isolation, round-the-clock care, panic and uncertainty — even as society carried on around us with all too few changes. By Jessica Lustig

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