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The latest week provides a good illustration: Tuesday saw shares turn in their best day in months, with the Dow gaining 1,125 points, or 2.49%, and the other indices roughly matching its performance.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Stephanie Stamm is an award-winning visual editor for The Wall Street Journal, specializing in data visualization, analysis and illustration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The illustration showed a cow proudly standing next to a strange collection of useless objects labeled as tools.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

Many people's annoyance at having to accept cookies when they visit a new website is an illustration of what is sometimes called the "privacy paradox".

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

The illustration is of a knight on horseback, like a knight from a fairy tale.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern