Our world in photos: June 23
SPAIN — Release: A man stood with an “estelada” or Catalan pro-independence flag outside Lledoners prison in Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, near Barcelona, on Wednesday. Nine separatists pardoned by the Spanish government were expected to leave the prisons where they were serving lengthy terms for organizing a bid for an independent northeastern Catalonia region nearly four years ago.
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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’.