Hand-drawn maps are enjoying a renaissance as contemporary artists use their imagination, creativity and humour to breathe new life into the traditional craft of cartography. Here are 10 of the best

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Manhattan is seen from the One World Observatory on the 100th floor of One World Trade Center at the Ground Zero site in New York City today. One World Observatory, which is situated more than 1,250 feet over lower Manhattan, will open to the public in 2015. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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New York: A man walks down a street flooded by superstorm Sandy in the Queens neighbourhood of the city.

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A woman in a bathrobe jumps into a puddle in Times Square

Full gallery of Superstorm Sandy pictures here

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What does the world of hurricanes look like? As Hurricane Sandy hits the Eastern seaboard of the US, developer John Nelson has come up with this new view of the world to show how America and Asia have been assailed by these storms as far back as the records go.

News photo of the day: South Korean rapper Psy does the Gangnam Style dance-step with Ban Ki-Moon before their meeting in New York. Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images. Ban:

“I’m a bit jealous. Until two days ago someone told me I am the most famous Korean in the world. Now I have to relinquish. I have no regrets.”

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Mona Eltahawy, the prominent Egyptian-American writer and activist, has been arrested in New York after spraying paint over a controversial poster on the subway that has been condemned for equating Muslims with “savages”. Full story behind the video.

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The Tribute in Light is illuminated next to the Statue of Liberty and One World Trade Center during events marking the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Photograph: Gary Hershorn/Reuters

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