Wednesday Dec. 3: Our World In Pictures
SPAIN — Housing Rights Activists Watch as Neighbor’s Eviction is Postponed: Melchorita Garcia, second right, who is at risk of being evicted from her home cries as she and other housing right activists watch how Jose Antonio Giraldo Zacarias’s eviction is postponed in Madrid, Spain, on Dec. 2. Giraldo Zacarias lives with his 12 year old son in an apartment from City Hall Housing and Land Company (EMVS) and he accumulated a large debt as he and his ex-wife could not afford to pay rent as he lost his job. The state company sold the apartment to an investor group who is now demanding their eviction. EMVS is a state company with an aim to give housing solutions for people in need. The eviction was postponed till Feb. 9, 2015.
PERU — Tourist Guides Wait for Customers; Higher Alpine Temps Killing Plant, Animal Species: Tourist guides wait for customers in the Chinamacocha lake in the Huascaran National Park in Huaraz, Peru, on Tuesday. The Yanapaccha glacier is seen the the background. Glaciers have lost more one-fifth of their mass in just three decades, and the 70 percent Peru’s 30 million people who inhabit the country’s Pacific coastal desert, depend on glacial runoff for hydropower and to irrigate crops, meaning their electricity and long-term food security could also be in peril. Higher alpine temperatures are killing off plant and animal species in cloud forests and scientists predict Pacific fisheries will suffer.
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’.