Monday Jan. 4, Our World In Pictures

January 4, 2016 Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Eagle photo by Mario Belluomo

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CONEY ISLAND — Neighborhood Hosts Celebration: The Parachute Jump is lit up on Thursday for a New Year’s Eve celebration hosted by ONE Brooklyn and other local officials.

PHILADELPHIA — Performers Take Stage: Members of the Aqua String Band perform during the 116th annual Mummers Parade on Friday. Outrageously costumed Mummers strutted their stuff at the city’s annual New Year’s Day parade, a colorful celebration that features string bands, comic brigades, elaborate floats and plenty of feathers and sequins.

KASHMIR — Funeral Brings Masses: Villagers attend the funeral of Manzoor Ahmad in Pulwama on Thursday. Two suspected insurgents of the Lashkar-e-Taiba group were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and the Pulwama district, police said.

ST. PETERSBURG — Christmas is Kicked Off: People burn smoke bombs during a fire and smoke festival as they celebrate incoming Orthodox Christmas on Monday. Russians celebrate the New Year and Orthodox Christmas from Jan. 1 to Jan. 10.