Thursday May 7, Our World In Pictures
KANSAS — Great Plains Under Tornado Watch: A tornado passes near Halstead on Wednesday. A swath of the Great Plains is under a tornado watch, including parts of North Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska.
EL SALVADOR — Family Leaves Home Due to Gang Threats: A woman carries a plank of wood as she and her family pack their belongings and prepare to leave their home in the community of Tunamiles on Wednesday. More than a dozen families have abandoned their homes in two rural communities following threats from gang members, according to police in El Salvador.
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’.