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A kitchen sink and cabinets dangle above the sand in a damaged home on the beach in Belle Harbor several weeks after Superstorm Sandy struck the peninsula.
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Navin Dass portrays Lord Krishna during the Phagwah parade, held to mark the Hindu holiday celebrating the start of spring. Photo for TimesLedger Newspapers
![Mark Shupp uses cross country skies to navigate 4th Avenue. Snow in Astoria, Queens on the afternoon on January 23, 2016. (New York Post/Christina Santucci)](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f0da3e51-342a-4480-a39e-98e1a964ce41/0/0/0/0,0,2000,1179,1200,1179/0-0-0/6da5243f-34f6-4c22-81af-5caca4fbe669/1/1/cs012316moresnow6.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037127818~hmac=fff7f7c524f842170988206df2ece57b980b6e6782fe06101e2dcf3ea3183c2e)
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Metropolitan Pavlos Stratigeas speaks during a pause in a Great Friday celebration that concluded at Saint Markella in Astoria. The Greek Orthodox holiday commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ two days before Easter. Photo for TimesLedger Newspapers
![Ivory McFadden weeps as she talks about her older brother Tony "Junior" McFadden, who was shot and killed at his Jamaica home. "They shot my brother in the head," she wailed.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f0da3e51-342a-4480-a39e-98e1a964ce41/0/0/0/0,0,2000,1566,1200,1566/0-0-0/221c0061-a075-4e6a-a20e-1bbe1519dc1f/1/1/5328242209_e96038a7ae_o.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037127818~hmac=5cbff8bc447976ff047b7ad37982f86ec90cf26404217880a292302f89ef12c1)
Ivory McFadden weeps on the front porch of a home in St. Albans as police investigate the murder of her brother, Tony McFadden, who was shot and killed hours earlier. Photo for TimesLedger Newspapers
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Firefighters battle a four-alarm blaze that destroyed at least eight businesses in Jackson Heights on 37th Avenue. Photo for TimesLedger Newspapers
![David Ketterer of Astoria chooses between a leg and some brains.](https://format.creatorcdn.com/f0da3e51-342a-4480-a39e-98e1a964ce41/0/0/0/0,0,1462,2000,1200,2000/0-0-0/309d7d4f-b767-4ae6-bc06-cabdb3968bb3/1/1/6655439789_43ef1af400_o-1.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037127818~hmac=a6e30693c79be923607f674e5093288dcab08cb74a1e8d019be405d5ab817aea)
David Ketterer of Astoria chooses between a leg and some brains during the inaugural Queens Thanksgiving Zombie Walk. Photo for TimesLedger Newspapers
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Students took to the cafeteria floor of PS 69 to show off their steps during the quarterfinals of Dancing Classrooms’ annual competition. Photo for TimesLedger Newspapers
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Participants on a float from Singh’s Roti Shop wave to onlookers before the start of a Diwali motorcade in Richmond Hill to mark the Hindu Festival of Lights. Photo for TimesLedger Newspapers
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Rolando Tale-Yax (r.), brother of 31-year-old Guatemalan immigrant Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax (inset), is comforted by friend Adrian Garcia during Hugo’s wake in Bushwick. Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax was hailed as a "homeless hero" for coming to the aid of a woman before he was murdered. Photo for TimesLedger Newspapers
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Spanish soccer fans celebrate the country's World Cup victory on the balcony of Casa Galacia in Astoria. Photo for TimesLedger Newspapers
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of a reconsecration ceremony at the Ganesh Temple in
Flushing. The symbol for Ganesh is the elephant. Photo for TimesLedger Newspapers
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Jeannette Palida-Gray, (c.) the older sister of Police Officer Marlene Rivera, grieves with two other relatives outside the Senaca funeral home where Rivera, 24, was waked. Rivera was allegedly killed after a night of partying with a police officer, authorities said. Photo for the Queens Courier
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President Barack Obama carries a wreath during a 9/11 memorial service at the World Trade Center. Photo for TimesLedger Newspapers