Hurricane Sandy: the most tweeted pictures

This image of water streaming into ground zero appears in the list of top tweeted images three times. Ranked third is the tweet by @passantino with 1,369 retweets
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This fake image of a shark in a front yard appears in the list of top tweeted images seven times. Ranked fourth is the tweet by @iMuglerGaga with 1,260 retweets
Photograph: Twitter

This image of a dark Manhattan skyline is the fifth most tweeted photograph. Tweeted by @ronniejoice, it has been shared 1,246 times
Photograph: Twitter

This image of water rushing into Hoboken Path station appears in the list of top tweeted images twice. @PANYNJ received 1,132 retweets
Photograph: Twitter

This image of lower Manhattan submerged appears in the list of top tweeted images twice. Ranked seventh is the tweet by @HC_Sandy with 853 retweets
Photograph: Twitter

This image of the NYPD under water on East 8th St appears in the list of top tweeted images twice. Ranked ninth is the tweet by @GoogleFacts with 513 retweets
Photograph: David Schulze

This image of Brooklyn Bridge Park submerged appears in the list of top tweeted images twice. At eleventh place is @GoogleFacts with 471 retweets
Photograph: Twitter

This spoof image mashup of hurrican Sandy hitting Manhattan is in the list of top tweeted images twice. Ranked at twelfth place is the tweet by @joshgroban with 382 retweets
Photograph: Twitter

This image of the Manhattan skyline in partial blackout is the fifteenth most tweeted photograph in the list. ABC News anchor @DianeSawyer was retweeted 323 times
Photograph: Nick Summers

This image of a partial building collapse in Manhattan is the seventeenth most tweeted on the list. @bleynyc received 277 retweets.
Photograph: Twitter

This image by Reuters columnist Anthony De Rosa is the eighteenth most tweeted image, it has received 276 retweets
Photograph: Twitter

This image of Coney Island under water is ranked nineteenth most tweeted image on the list of most shared. @NEnglandWx has received 267 retweets
Photograph: Twitter

This image of a dark Manhattan skyline with some lights appears twice on the list of most tweeted photographs. @GoogleFacts are ranked at twentieth place with 259 retweets
Photograph: Simon Huck

This image of a highway under water appears at 21st place on the list. The tweet by @LukeKerrDineen has been shared 243 times
Photograph: Twitter

This image of appears at 32nd place in the list of top tweeted images. @carloswhitt has had 158 retweets
Photograph: Twitter