2012: The Year in Pictures
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October 29: Sea water floods the Ground Zero construction site in New York. Superstorm Sandy forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets and sent coastal residents fleeing.
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A woman sporting headgear with portraits of South African president Jacob Zuma attends a final African National Congress (ANC) election rally in Soweto, on the edge of Johannesburg.
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November 1: The remnants of a roller coaster sits in the surf three days after Hurricane Sandy came ashore in Seaside Heights, New Jersey.
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November 6: U.S. President Barack Obama celebrates with first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Malia (R) and Sasha at an election night victory rally in Chicago, Illinois.