Our world in photos: October 21
SPAIN — Lava: Lava flowed from a volcano, destroying houses in the La Laguna neighborhood on the Canary island of La Palma, on Thursday. A second tongue of lava was expected to reach the Atlantic today and release more toxic gases into the atmosphere, an event that will lead to the home confinement of some nearby towns.
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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’.