A view of scaffolding around the 17th century, 95ft-tall bronze canopy by Giovan Lorenzo Bernini surmounting the papal Altar of the Confession in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Work has started for the restoration of the monumental baldacchino, or canopy, of St. Peter's Basilica. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)