Our world in photos: August 24
MEXICO — Back on the water: A gondolier poled one of the colorfully painted wooden boats known as trajineras at the Nuevo Nativitas dock, as it opened once again to tourists and revelers in Mexico City on Friday. Photo: Rebecca Blackwell/AP
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’.