Latest New Yorker Cover is a Gif

“Rainy Day,” an illustration by Christoph Niemann — is The New Yorker’s first ever animated cover. Of course it’s not animated in real life, but the raindrops do move when viewing the cover online.

We’re telling you this now so you’ll have adequate time to figure out how to explain gifs to your grandparents. Please, if nothing else, make sure they know to pronounce it with a hard “g,” like “gift.”