Our world in photos: February 4
SRI LANKA — Independence Day: Sri Lankan soldiers dressed in traditional costumes carried national flags during the Independence Day celebration in Colombo, on Friday. Sri Lankans celebrated their independence day on Friday as the island nation’s president made an appeal to the country’s expatriates to send money home as the country struggles in the throes of its worst economic crisis.
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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’.