Thursday Dec. 3, Our World In Pictures
MANHATTAN — City’s Holiday Spirit Kicks In: People watch as the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is lit during a ceremony on Wednesday. The Norway spruce tree stands at about 78 feet tall and is lit with more than 40,000 multi-colored LED lights.
INDIA — Flooding Continues to Devastate: People use a water tank for floatation as they wade through flood waters in Chennai on Thursday. The heaviest rainfall in more than 100 years has devastated swathes of the southern state of Tamil Nadu, with thousands forced to leave their submerged homes and schools, while offices and a regional airport shut for a second day Thursday.
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’.