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Hurricane Sandy aftermath, Georgia aquarium, a Mars rock and more in the day in photos News and feature images around the world.
Oct. 30, 2012
Brian Hajeski, 41, of Brick, N.J., reacts after looking at debris of a home that washed up onto the Mantoloking Bridge by Hurricane Sandy.
Julio Cortez
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AP
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Oct. 30, 2012
An ambulance sits abandoned in the middle of a flooded street in Hoboken, N.J. The Hudson River, swollen by floodwaters from Hurricane Sandy, poured into the city.
Michael Bocchieri
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Getty Images
Oct. 30, 2012
Rocky Minotti uses a pump to remove ten feet of flood water from his family's home in Little Ferry, N.J.
Brendan Smialowski
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AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 30, 2012
Damage caused by Hurricane Sandy to the New Jersey coast is shown in this photo taken during a search-and-rescue mission by the 1-150 Assault Helicopter Battalion of the New Jersey Army National Guard.
Mark C. Olsen
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Air Force via Reuters
Oct. 30, 2012
As New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno (R) and Edward Dickson, director of the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, stand by, Gov. Chris Christie (R) describes the devastation he saw earlier on a tour of areas hit hard by Sandy during a news conference in Ewing, N.J. Christie warned that the recovery would be long and said that some parts of the shore — a cherished spot for many of the state's residents and an economic engine as a major part of New Jersey's $35.5 billion tourism industry — might never look the same.
Mel Evans
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AP
Oct. 30, 2012
People wait in line to fill containers with fuel for their generators at a gas station in Edison, N.J. Hurricane Sandy left much of Bergen County flooded and without power.
Brendan Smialowski
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AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 30, 2012
A woman cries on the shoulder of an emergency responder after being evacuated due to flooding caused by Hurricane Sandy in Little Ferry, N.J.
Andrew Burton
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Getty Images
Oct. 30, 2012
This aerial photo shows burned-out homes in the Breezy Point section of Queens. The tiny beachfront neighborhood, told to evacuate before Hurricane Sandy hit New York, burned down as it was inundated by floodwaters, transforming a corner of the Rockaways into a smoke-filled debris field.
Mike Groll
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AP
Oct. 30, 2012
People look through the remains of homes in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens.
Spencer Platt
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Getty Images
Oct. 31, 2012
Thousands of gallons of water are pumped from the lower floors of a building on Wall Street as New York tries to recover from the effects of Hurricane Sandy. Much of lower Manhattan was flooded as a 13-foot storm surge washed across the southern tip of the island.
Justin Lane
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European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 30, 2012
A man uses his mobile phone to photograph a closed and flooded subway station in lower Manhattan. The city’s subway system, the most-utilized in the country, remains closed indefinitely.
Richard Drew
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AP
Oct. 30, 2012
Water reaches the street level of the flooded Battery Park underpass in New York. Flooding of such tunnels brought the city to a halt, as vehicle and train traffic was suspended.
Louis Lanzano
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AP
Oct. 30, 2012
A house in East Haven, Conn., was pushed off its foundation by Hurricane Sandy.
Jessica Hill
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AP
Oct. 30, 2012
Homes in Fenwick Island, Del. are surrounded by floodwaters left by Hurricane Sandy. Officials said Fenwick Island and nearby Bethany Beach appeared to be among the hardest-hit parts of the state.
Randall Chase
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AP
Oct. 30, 2012
President Obama shakes hands after he speaks about damage done by Hurricane Sandy at the Red Cross headquarters in Washington. The president has signed emergency measures for 13 states and the District.
Larry Downing
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Reuters
Oct. 30, 2012
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney collects food and supplies with volunteers at an event in Kettering, Ohio. The supplies will be taken to New Jersey for distribution.
Melina Mara
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The Washington Post
Oct. 30, 2012
Deputy Cliff Tice of the Dare County Sheriff's Department walks down damaged and impassable NC 12 leading into Mirlo Beach in Rodanthe, N.C. People on North Carolina's Outer Banks are facing some flooding and damage from Hurricane Sandy, but emergency management officials say it could have been worse.
Steve Earley
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The Virginian-Pilot via AP
Oct. 30, 2012
Cars traveling Grafton Road, south of Morgantown, W.Va., maneuver past fallen trees and tree limbs laden with snow. The remnants of Hurricane Sandy dumped up to 19 inches of snow in West Virginia.
Ron Rittenhouse
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The Dominion Post via AP
Oct. 30, 2012
Traffic heading west on Interstate 68 comes to a stop near Frostburg, Md. Western Maryland also received snow from the remnants of Hurricane Sandy.
Doug Kapustin
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For The Washington Post
Oct. 30, 2012
Picnic shelters, playground equipment and signs in Buckeystown Park become submerged as flood waters from the Monocacy River rise in Buckeystown, Md.
Katherine Frey
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The Washington Post
Oct. 30, 2012
A pair of young boys get a close look at a giant grouper as it slowly swims by them in the Ocean Voyager exhibit at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. The Georgia Aquarium, which opened in 2005, features more than 10 million gallons of water and over 60 different exhibits.
Erik S. Lesser
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European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 30, 2012
A sand shark passes by Ann Richmond as she perches inside a viewing portal in the Ocean Voyager exhibit at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta.
Erik S. Lesser
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European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 30, 2012
STEM Academy students Precious Lyons, left, Jazmine Kelley and Kayla Franklin extract strawberry DNA during an experiment in East High School's STEM labs as city officials, school representatives and parents tour the facility before an unveiling ceremony in Memphis.
Jim Weber
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The Commercial Appeal via AP
Oct. 30, 2012
A child leans from the cockpit window of a plane at a kindergarten in the town of Rustavi, Georgia. The Soviet-era Yakovlev Yak-40 plane has been installed in the kindergarten courtyard and refurbished as a children's playground.
David Mdzinarishvili
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Reuters
Oct. 31, 2012
Afghan local police smoke cigarettes before the start of a basic training conducted by the police advisor team of Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines Regiment at Combat Outpost Musa Qal-Ah in the Helmand province of southwestern Afghanistan.
Erik de Castro
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Reuters
Oct. 30, 2012
A waxy monkey frog from South America sits in its display in the Frogs-A Chorus of Colors exhibit at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta.
Erik S. Lesser
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European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 29, 2012
A Martian rock called 'Et-Then' is photographed by NASA’s Curiosity rover. The image covers an area about 9.5 inches by 7 inches.
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NASA via European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 31, 2012
The moon sets behind the snow covered Chemispitze mountain during sunrise above Mastrils, Switzerland.
Arno Balzarini
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Keystone via AP
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