New York and New Jersey clean up after Sandy – in pictures
A man and woman wheel their belongings from their house in Breezy Point, QueensPhotograph: Andrew Burton/ReutersA man takes in the aftermath of the storm on Midland beach in Staten Island, New YorkPhotograph: Andrew Burton/Getty ImagesA repair worker is silhouetted against a police spotlight at night in QueensPhotograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images
A volunteer drags a bucket of sand from a backyard in the Rockaway neighborhood of QueensPhotograph: Andrew Burton/ReutersA volunteer helps clean a home destroyed by Sandy in Rockaway Beach, QueensPhotograph: Andrew Burton/ReutersA volunteer holds a shovel in Rockaway Beach, QueensPhotograph: Andrew Burton/ReutersEvelyn Faherty hugs a friend while discussing the damage to her home in Breezy Point in QueensPhotograph: Andrew Burton/ReutersMen push bicycles through the Rockaway Beach neighborhood of Queens, which is still largely without powerPhotograph: Andrew Burton/ReutersResidents shovel sand from a home on Long Beach Island, New JerseyPhotograph: Eric Thayer/ReutersEric White removes a refrigerator from his father-in-law's damaged home after a fire destroyed it and over 100 other homes in Breezy PointPhotograph: Mario Tama/Getty ImagesUS marines help carry debris in Breezy PointPhotograph: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA/Rex FeaturesVolunteers help clear out a home in the Rockaway Beach neighborhood of QueensPhotograph: Andrew Burton/ReutersVolunteers help to clean up in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood, QueensPhotograph: Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesCarlos Yera helps his son dig through the many feet of sand that entered his Long Beach oceanfront apartment in New YorkPhotograph: Nicolaus Czarnecki/ZUMA Press/Corbis
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