Friday July 24, Our World In Pictures
VIRGINIA — Sea Turtles Released on Beach: Lauren Talley holds up Mushu, a Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle, for spectators to have a closer look before the releasing of the turtles back to sea at Virginia Beach on Thursday, July 23. Mushu was hooked on July 8 at Virginia Beach Fishing Pier. About 800 people show up to watch the release of eight sea turtles.
CHINA — Seaweed Turns Beach Lime Green: A boy plays on a beach covered by seaweed in Qingdao in the Shandong province on Friday. Beaches in Qingdao have been plagued by large recurring seaweed drifts from the Yellow Sea during recent summers.
Brooklyn Boro
View MoreNew York City’s most populous borough, Brooklyn, is home to nearly 2.6 million residents. If Brooklyn were an independent city it would be the fourth largest city in the United States. While Brooklyn has become the epitome of ‘cool and hip’ in recent years, for those that were born here, raised families here and improved communities over the years, Brooklyn has never been ‘uncool’.