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In pictures: Tributes paid to 9/11 victims on 12th anniversary of attack on World Trade Center

Wednesday 11 September 2013 15:09 BST

In pictures: Tributes paid to 9/11 victims on 12th anniversary of attack on World Trade Center

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The Tribute in Light is illuminated next to the Statue of Liberty (C) and One World Trade Center (L) during events marking the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York

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In pictures: Tributes paid to 9/11 victims on 12th anniversary of attack on World Trade Center

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In pictures: Tributes paid to 9/11 victims on 12th anniversary of attack on World Trade Center

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In pictures: Tributes paid to 9/11 victims on 12th anniversary of attack on World Trade Center

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In pictures: Tributes paid to 9/11 victims on 12th anniversary of attack on World Trade Center

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Wakiley Ramen Chowdhury of Chantilly, Virginia makes a rubbing of his niece's name, Shakila Yasmin, at the edge of the North Pool at the 9/11 Memorial during a ceremony marking the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York

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In pictures: Tributes paid to 9/11 victims on 12th anniversary of attack on World Trade Center

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America will pause for a moment of reflection today, as loved ones and relatives of the victims killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks gather for New York’s Commemoration Ceremony.

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