Thursday Jan. 7, Our World In Pictures
GEORGIA — Christmas Celebrated: Citizens carry national flags as they take part in a religious procession to mark Orthodox Christmas in Tbilisi on Thursday. Christmas falls on Jan. 7 for Orthodox Christians that use the old Julian calendar instead of the 16th-century Gregorian calendar adopted by Catholics and Protestants and commonly used in secular life around the world.
CRIMEA — Women Brave the Sea: Two women wave a Russian national flag while celebrating Orthodox Christmas in the Black Sea with an air temperature of 48 degrees in Yevpatoria on Thursday. Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, in accordance with the Julian calendar.
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’.