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New York and New Jersey clean up after Sandy – in pictures

Hurricane Sandy clean-up: A man and woman wheel their belongings from their house in Breezy Point
A man and woman wheel their belongings from their house in Breezy Point, Queens Photograph: Andrew Burton/Reuters
Hurricane Sandy clean-up: A man takes in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy on Staten Island
A man takes in the aftermath of the storm on Midland beach in Staten Island, New York Photograph: Andrew Burton/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy clean-up: A repair worker is silhouetted against a police spotlight at night, Queens
A repair worker is silhouetted against a police spotlight at night in Queens Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy clean-up: A volunteer drags a bucket of sand from a backyard in Rockaway Beach
A volunteer drags a bucket of sand from a backyard in the Rockaway neighborhood of Queens Photograph: Andrew Burton/Reuters
Hurricane Sandy clean-up: A volunteer helps clean-up a home destroyed by Hurricane Sandy
A volunteer helps clean a home destroyed by Sandy in Rockaway Beach, Queens Photograph: Andrew Burton/Reuters
Hurricane Sandy clean-up: A volunteer holds a shovel, Rockaway Beach, Queens
A volunteer holds a shovel in Rockaway Beach, Queens Photograph: Andrew Burton/Reuters
Hurricane Sandy clean-up: Evelyn Faherty hugs a friend while discussing the damage to her home
Evelyn Faherty hugs a friend while discussing the damage to her home in Breezy Point in Queens Photograph: Andrew Burton/Reuters
Hurricane Sandy clean-up: Men push bicycles through the Rockaway Beach neighborhood of Queens
Men push bicycles through the Rockaway Beach neighborhood of Queens, which is still largely without power Photograph: Andrew Burton/Reuters
Hurricane Sandy clean-up: Residents shovel sand from a home on Long Beach Island, New Jersey
Residents shovel sand from a home on Long Beach Island, New Jersey Photograph: Eric Thayer/Reuters
Hurricane Sandy clean-up: Storm-Damaged Communities On East Coast Hit By Nor'Easter
Eric White removes a refrigerator from his father-in-law's damaged home after a fire destroyed it and over 100 other homes in Breezy Point Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy clean-up: US Marines help the clean-up in Breezy Point
US marines help carry debris in Breezy Point Photograph: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA/Rex Features
Hurricane Sandy clean-up: Volunteers help clear out a home in the Rockaway Beach neighborhood
Volunteers help clear out a home in the Rockaway Beach neighborhood of Queens Photograph: Andrew Burton/Reuters
Hurricane Sandy clean-up: Volunteers help to clean up in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood
Volunteers help to clean up in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood, Queens Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Hurricane Sandy clean-up: Carlos Yera helps his son dig through the many feet of sand
Carlos Yera helps his son dig through the many feet of sand that entered his Long Beach oceanfront apartment in New York Photograph: Nicolaus Czarnecki/ZUMA Press/Corbis
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