Thursday Oct. 15, Our World In Pictures
NORTH KOREA — Masses Celebrate Anniversary: Military officers salute during the playing of the national anthem before a joint performance by the Moranbong band and the State Merited Chorus in Pyongyang on Sunday. The performance was part of the 70th anniversary celebrations of the founding of the ruling Workers’ Party.
ISTANBUL — Funeral Held for Victims: A mourner holds a picture of Serdar Ben, 33, one of the victims of the Oct. 10 bombings in Ankara, during his funeral on Thursday. The banner reads: ‘ Communist Revolutionary Serdar Ben is immortal.’ The twin explosions in the capital ripped through a crowd of activists rallying for increased democracy and an end to violence between Kurdish rebels and Turkish security forces. It was the country’s deadliest attack in years.
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’.