Tuesday February 6, Our World in Pictures
VATICAN CITY – Turkish President Meets the Pope: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and his wife Emine, right meet Pope Francis at the Vatican, Monday. Erdogan is the first Turkish president to visit the Vatican in nearly six decades. Francis met with him during his 2014 trip to Istanbul.
MICHIGAN – Sentenced Again: Larry Nassar listens during his sentencing at Eaton County Circuit Court in Charlotte, Mich., Monday. The former Michigan State University sports-medicine and USA Gymnastics doctor received 40 to 125 years for three first degree criminal sexual abuse charges related to assaults that occurred at Twistars, a gymnastics facility in Dimondale. Nassar has also been sentenced to 60 years in prison for three child pornography charges in federal court and between 40 to 175 years in Ingham County for seven counts of criminal sexual conduct.
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’.