Wednesday, January 17: Our World In Pictures
FRANCE — People Celebrate Prime Minister’s Decision: An activist of the Zone to Defend (ZAD) movement sprays champagne while celebrating with others after French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced the government’s official decision to abandon the airport project in Notre-Dame-des-Landes on Wednesday. Philippe says that the government has decided against building an airport in western France that has mobilized nearly a decade of sometimes violent protests and he told protesters occupying the site that they must leave.
SYRIA — Old City Stands in Ruins: The reconstructed Khaled Bin al-Waleed Mosque is framed by a damaged building in the old city of Homs on Wednesday. It has been almost four years since the last remaining rebels and civilians withdrew from the remaining strongholds in the ancient heart of the city. But few people have returned, and large parts of the once vibrant old city are still abandoned and destroyed, as if time had stood still since the guns fell silent.
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’.