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Hurricane Sandy, Before and After, One Year Later
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A before-and-after pair of images, the first showing rising water caused by Superstorm Sandy rushing into a parking garage on October 29, 2012 in New York City, and the next (click to fade), the re-opened garage, on October 22, 2013. Hurricane Sandy made landfall on October 29, 2012 near Brigantine, New Jersey and affected 24 states from Florida to Maine and cost the country an estimated $65 billion.
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Demolition work is underway at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Oct. 25, 2013
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Demolition has begun at the site of the Newtown, Conn., Sandy Hook Elementary School where a gunman killed 20 children and six adults before taking his own life last December.
"Small scale demo activity has begun and will accelerate over the next days," First Selectman Pat Llodra told NBC Connecticut on Thursday. "The process of demolition is incremental, staged precisely, and executed carefully. There is no 'wrecking ball' action. It is rather a piece by piece, section by section removal," Llodra said.
Guards are on the lookout for anyone attempting to remove anything from the site and everything will be pulverized or melted down to ensure no artifacts will remain. A new school will be built and plans are for it to be open in December 2016.
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Smoke billows during an eruption from Mount Etna, as seen from the village of Viagrande, near the Sicilian town of Catania, Italy, on Saturday, Oct. 26. Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, has erupted, sending up a towering plume of ash visible in much of eastern Sicily. Etna's eruptions are not infrequent, although the last major one occurred in 1992. Catania airport said the eruption Saturday forced closure of nearby air space before dawn, but authorities lifted the closure in early morning. Several inhabited villages dot the mountain's slopes, but evacuations weren't necessary despite the lava flow
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Rugby League World Cup launched with stadium spectacular
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Around 1,500 performers took part in the event, to launch the biggest sporting occasion in the UK since the 2012 Olympic Games
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Great Britain rugby league legend Martin Offiah showed off some silky moves with Erin Boag, his partner on the first ever series of BBC TV's Strictly Come Dancing
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Former Wales rugby union captain and rugby league convert Gareth Thomas made an appearance
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Fans of the Australia team - known as the Kangaroos - were also out in force
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A model of a shark is seen in the roof of a house in Oxford October 26, 2013
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An anti-government protester throws a stone at riot police during clashes after the funeral ritual of visiting the grave of 17-year-old Ali Khalil in the village of Bani Jamra, west of Manama, October 26, 2013.
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Denmark's Crown Princess Mary (L) and her husband Crown Prince Frederick talk with New South Wales Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons as they look at some of the more than 200 homes that were destroyed by a recent bushfire in the Blue Mountains suburb of Winmalee, about 80 km (50 miles) west of Sydney October 27, 2013
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Men extinguish a fire after a car bomb exploded near a school where a training workshop for municipal council elections was being held, in Benghazi October 26, 2013.
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Boys observe firefighters as they extinguish flames atop a 12-storey building in Domzale October 26, 2013
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Pit girls rehearse on the eve of the Indian F1 Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi, October 26, 2013.
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Demonstrators hold up their signs during the "Stop Watching Us: A Rally Against Mass Surveillance" march near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, October 26, 2013.
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A construction worker watches cast members Jack Reynor, Stanley Tucci, Nicola Peltz and Mark Wahlberg (L to R) running during the filming of a scene for the movie "Transformers: Age of Extinction", in Hong Kong October 26, 2013.
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People from a nearby village carry their belongings through floodwaters at Ganjam district in the eastern Indian state of Odisha October 26, 2013
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UK Picture Editor's Guild awards 2013: press photography finalists
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The coffin of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher is carried as it arrives for her funeral service at St Paul's Cathedral in London
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A man sits naked on top of the statue of Prince George, Duke of Cambridge outside the Ministry of Defence building in Whitehall in central London. The man, who brought Whitehall to a standstill for almost two hours, stood naked on the statue and struck various poses before being eventually talked down.
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Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell leaves Manchester Crown Court where he was standing trial accused of child sex offences
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boy stares into a bomb crater amidst damage to his neighbourhood in Aleppo, Syria
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Subhi Oso Hamood's hands are covered with the blood of his nephew, killed by a Syrian airforce attack on the Kurdish village of Ziara
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A horse-drawn hearse carrying an effigy and a coffin passes Goldthorpe Union Jack Memorial club on the day of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's funeral
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Kate Moss during the launch of 'Kate: The Kate Moss Book' at 50 St. James in London
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Ricky Gervais
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The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall run under a brightly coloured parachute during a youth rally at Saumarez Park in Guernsey during their visit to the Channel Islands
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England's Chris Ashton is tackled by Wales' Jamie Roberts during their Six Nations international rugby union match at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff
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Great Britain's paralympic gold medalist Richard Whitehead during the Virgin London Marathon in London
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Britain's Andy Murray holds the winner's trophy during the presentation after beating Serbia's Novak Djokovic in the men's singles final at Wimbledon
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Michalina Kwasniewska of Poland competes in the Women's high jump at the European Athletics U23 Championships 2013 in Tampere, Finland
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Emergency responders work to lift Lisa Ann Maxberry out of a deep ditch outside Owensboro, Ky., on Oct. 19. Maxberry, who was wearing a seatbelt, was taken to a hospital and is listed in good condition.
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Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground
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Lou Reed (second right), who has died at the age of 71, led The Velvet Underground, one of the most influential bands in music. They formed in New York in the mid-1960s and moved rock 'n' roll into experimental, alternative territory. Ahead of their time, they achieved cult status - but not commercial success.
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Artist Andy Warhol spotted the band's significance and became their manager. They became closely involved in his Factory scene in New York and he also acted as their producer.
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With their influence now fully acknowledged, The Velvet Underground reformed for a tour in 1993. While the reunion was welcomed by fans, the critical reception was mixed. The group toured Europe but Reed and bandmate John Cale fell out before they could move on to North America.
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Velvet Underground guitarist Sterling Morrison died in 1995, and the three surviving members were joined by Morrison's widow Martha (second left) when they were inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
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Reed was married to the avant-garde musician Laurie Anderson. The pair got married in 2008 and often collaborated.
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Years of drug and alcohol intake led to liver failure earlier this year, with the singer forced to have a liver transplant. However, he still appeared in public earlier in October 2013 when he launched a book with photographer Mick Rock in New York.
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Belgrade, Serbia: The coffin bearing the body of Jovanka Broz, widow of the former Yugoslav communist leader Josip Broz Tito, sits in front of the House of Flowers memorial complex before her funeral
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Madrid, Spain: A couple pass a pair of inflatable legs outside a theatre
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The Vatican: Balloons fly over St Peter's square on the occasion of Family Day
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Manila, Philippines: Children look at a girl in fancy dress taking part in the annual Halloween Trick or Treat event
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Pont-de-Buis, France: Protesters block a motorway as they demonstrate against an ecotax that will come into effect on 1 January 2014
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Karachi, Pakistan: A paramilitary officer displays weapons and ammunitions confiscated in an operation against criminal activities
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Rongshui county, China: Ethnic Miao people carry a pig at a traditional festival, Datongnian, during which people dance and sing folk songs
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Taungbi, Burma: A girl holds an umbrella decorated with kyat banknotes before donating them to a Buddhist temple during the annual Taungbi festival
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Dhaka, Bangladesh: A colleague helps an autorickshaw driver to an operating theatre after he was injured in a crude bomb attack
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Queens, New York, US: Two people walk on a beach in Belle Harbor which was raised with a steel-reinforced concrete wall after superstorm Sandy
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Military personnel leave the Great Hall of the People after the opening ceremony of the 11th National Women's Congress near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China
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A pedestrian holds onto a post in front of a fallen woman during strong winds in central Brussels. According to local media, the winds in Belgium could reach speeds of over 62 mph today
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Rebekah Brooks arrives at The Old Bailey in London. Former News of the World national newspaper editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson are due to go on trial today in a case that could last until Easter
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Andy Coulson, former News Of The World editor and Downing Street's former director of communications, arrives at the Old Bailey. Lisa O'Carroll reports on the trial
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An elderly woman waits to vote inside a polling station during a referendum in the town of Abyei. Residents of the remote and disputed Abyei border region said they would press ahead with their own referendum on whether to join Sudan or South Sudan, despite warnings it could trigger violence in the volatile area
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A cute baby sloth cuddles up to its teddy bear at the sloth sanctuary, Costa Rica
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A giant, inflatable Rubber Duck designed by Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman is uninstalled at the Summer Palace in Beijing, China. The rubber duck, an installation by Hofman, left Beijing on October 27, after nearly two-months on display in the city
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This mongoose bravely bared its fangs and stood up to six inquisitive juvenile lions, escaping to live another day, thanks to a nearby photographer's Land Rover. Wildlife photographer Manoj Shah caught the action on camera in Kenya's Masai Mara and inadvertently managed to save the mongoose becoming dinner at the same time.
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Members of staff demonstrate a form of massage using pythons at Bali Heritage Reflexology and Spa in Jakarta, Indonesia. The snake spa offers a unique massage treatment which involves having several pythons placed on the customer's body. The movement of the snakes and the adrenaline triggered by fear is said to have a positive impact on the customer's metabolism
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A visitor looks at walks in the interactive digital installation titled 'Peace Can Be Realised Even Without Order' by Japanese artists teamLab exhibited as part of the Singapore Biennale at the Singapore Art Museum. The installation consist of a roomful of cut-out figures that interact with each other and the viewers depending on how they navigate the space, setting of motion sensors to activate sound and movement
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A South Korean visitor experiences the Portable Surface-to-Air Missile 'Chiron', made by LIG Nex1 Co.Ltd, at the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition
