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Day in photos Hurricane Sandy cleanup continues, U.S. elections, dog photography exhibit and more in the day in photos.
Nov. 6, 2012
A New York City worker stands near a house in the Oakwood Beach area of Staten Island that had its first floor washed away by Hurricane Sandy.
Paul J. Richards
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AFP/Getty Images
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Nov. 6, 2012
Bill Klipp, of Florida works on cleaning out his father's flood-damaged home in Brick, N.J. The township has ordered mandatory evacuations in advance of an approaching nor'easter.
Mel Evans
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AP
Nov. 6, 2012
A volunteer pushes a shopping cart full of locally donated sandwiches and food to the homes of victims of Hurricane Sandy in the Oakwood Beach area of Staten Island. To the rear is a house where local citizens set up their own food, clothing and supplies donation site with items coming from other local citizens after not seeing any help from traditional relief agencies.
Paul J. Richards
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AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 6, 2012
Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Navy seamen offer assistance to residents in the New Dorp Beach neighborhood of the Staten Island who were removing household items damaged by superstorm Sandy.
Robert Nickelsberg
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Nov. 6, 2012
Voters wait to cast a ballot at a school in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. Voting was the latest challenge for the hundreds of thousands of people in the New York metropolitan area still affected by superstorm Sandy, as they struggled to get to non-damaged polling places to cast their ballots.
John Minchillo
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AP
Nov. 6, 2012
Poll workers work by generator lights and a small battery run portable light in the in a tent in Midland Beach on Staten Island.
Allison Joyce
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Nov. 5, 2012
N.J. Gov. Chris Christie (R) holds a news conference at a relief center at the Joseph R. Bolger Middle School in Keansburg, a township on the northern New Jersey coast that was damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
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Reuters
Nov. 5, 2012
Members of West Virginia's Army and Air national guards unload a truck full of donated Pedigree dog food at Yeager Airport in Charleston, W.Va. The pet food will be distributed in areas of the state hard hit by superstorm Sandy, which dumped several feet of snow, caused heavy rain and brought high winds to the area.
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Reuters
Nov. 6, 2012
Hundred of voters wait in line to cast their ballots on Election Day in Miami. Heavy voter turnout was reported in several states,
Pedro Portal
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El Nuevo Herald via AP
Nov. 6, 2012
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan arrive at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in Ohio. The two men made campaign stops on Election Day.
Mary Altaffer
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AP
Nov. 7, 2012
Romney embraces Ryan after Romney conceded the presidential race at his election rally in Boston.
David Goldman
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AP
Nov. 6, 2012
A Romney supporter reacts to voting results displayed on a television screen at Romney's election rally in Boston.
David Goldman
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AP
From left: Brigham Young University students Aaron Klumker, Michael Christensen and Steven Johnson cheer as Obama takes the lead in Florida at a general election watch party on campus in Provo, Utah. Klumker and Christensen are Obama supporters, a minority at this gathering. The watch party was organized and sponsored by BYU's Political Affairs Society.
Linda Davidson
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The Washington Post
Nov. 6, 2012
Supporters celebrate at President Obama's election rally in Chicago.
Philip Andrews
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Reuters
Nov. 6, 2012
President Obama gives his daughters a hug at his election rally in Chicago.
Marvin Joseph
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The Washington Post
Nov. 6, 2012
People celebrate in New York’s Times Square as TV networks project that President Obama has been reelected.
Mehdi Taamallah
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AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 6, 2012
Democrat Elizabeth Warren takes the stage in Boston after defeating incumbent Republican Scott Brown in the U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts.
Michael Dwyer
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AP
Nov. 6, 2012
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) waves to supporters in Madison after making her a victory speech in Wisconsin's U.S. Senate race. Baldwin defeated former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson, to become the nation's first openly gay senator.
Andy Manis
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AP
Nov. 6, 2012
Children wait for food behind an iron door at a school housing around 140 refugees in the village of Atme, Syria, in the Idlib province near the border with Turkey. Atme, a farming village, has been swelled by civilians displaced by the conflict which has ravaged the country for more than 19 months.
Philippe Desmazes
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AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 6, 2012
A member of the Free Syrian Army holds an unexploded bomb after a Syrian Air Force fighter jet loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad fired missiles at Houla, near Homs.
Misra Al-Misri
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Shaam News Network via Reuters
Nov. 7, 2012
Riflemen from across Switzerland and abroad gather for the 150th “Ruetlischiessen,” a traditional shooting competition held every year on the Ruetli mountain near Lake Lucerne.
Urs Flueeler
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 6, 2012
Members of the civil engineering department of the Swiss canton of Grisons inspect a giant boulder that fell onto the road near Mulegns in eastern Switzerland. No one was injured by the rockfall.
Arno Balzarini
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 6, 2012
Princess Maja of Hohenzollern poses with a dog at the dog photography exhibition 'DOGumenta' in Frankfurt, Germany. The exhibition is open until Dec. 21.
Nicolas Armer
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AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 6, 2012
A brown pelican glides past a surfer in Cardiff, Calif.
Mike Blake
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Reuters
Nov. 7, 2012
Genetically engineered angelfish glow in a tank during a news conference before the 2012 Taiwan International Aquarium Expo in Taipei. The fish, which are the world's first pink fluorescent angelfish, were created by a joint project between Taiwan's Academia Sinica, National Taiwan Ocean University and Jy Lin, a private biotechnology company, according to the organizer.
Pichi Chuang
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Reuters
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