Moving around the city this spring, one can’t help but sense that many people seem to have succumbed to a generalized anxiety. For the cover of the April 28, 2025, issue, the cartoonist Adrian Tomine attempted to capture what he observes on his daily early-morning walks in Prospect Park. “I often find myself in the midst of ‘off-leash hours’ near the Picnic House,” Tomine said. “Sometimes the oblivious, unbridled joy of all those dogs is an amazing mood-lifter, and sometimes—especially lately—it fills me with an irrational mix of annoyance and envy.”