Monday Dec. 21, Our World In Pictures
LAS VEGAS — Error Made in Crowning: Former Miss Universe Paulina Vega, center, removes the crown from Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez, left, before giving it to Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach at the Miss Universe pageant on Sunday. Gutierrez was incorrectly named the winner before Wurtzbach was given the Miss Universe crown.
NEW DELHI — Mother Joins Protest: The mother, center, of the victim of the fatal 2012 gang rape that shook the country, arrives to lend her support at a protest on Monday. Scores of people protested the release of a juvenile convicted in the fatal gang rape of a young woman aboard a moving bus. The convict, who was short of his 18th birthday at the time of the crime, finished his three-year term in a reform home on Sunday.
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’.