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In Pictures: After Horrific Attack, Pakistan Picks Up The Pieces

Pakistan is picking up the pieces today after an attack on a school by Taliban militants left 145 people dead.

It's a heart-wrenching story. We've collected the news in a different post. Here, we'll tell the story visually, but fair warning — the photographs are representative of the horrific attack, so they're tough to look at:

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A Pakistani soldier walks amid the debris in an army-run school Wednesday, a day after Taliban militants attacked the school in Peshawar.
A Majeed / AFP/Getty Images
Relatives of injured students react as they arrive at a hospital dealing with the victims of the attack by Taliban gunmen on the school in Peshawar.
Sajjad Ali Queshi / UPI/Landov
Pakistani army soldiers stand outside the Army Public School auditorium on Wednesday.
B.K. Bangash / AP
Pakistani mourners pray during the funeral of a student killed in the attack.
Hasham Ahmed / AFP/Getty Images
Pakistani activists from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement light candles in Karachi on Tuesday for the victims of the Taliban's attack.
Rizwan Tabassum / AFP/Getty Images
People attend the funeral of one of the students killed in the attack in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Wednesday.
Mohammad Sajjad / AP

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Eyder Peralta is NPR's East Africa correspondent based in Nairobi, Kenya.
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