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.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/77a1e82/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6860x4806+0+0/resize/880x617!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F12%2F17%2F460584906_custom-72e0b092a1f5c31fdeef30b33cce900af89b513a.jpg)
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![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.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8e9f058/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3500x2317+0+0/resize/880x583!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F12%2F17%2F35118001_h33817987_custom-6638edb640e26fd8c5720f8018e40d7d51b4e6e6.jpg)
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![Pakistani army soldiers stand outside the Army Public School auditorium on Wednesday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/97ea758/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4896x3256+0+0/resize/880x585!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F12%2F17%2Fap522127212492_custom-f46597c462aff4ce66326e7a5dde9306880330ac.jpg)
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![Pakistani mourners pray during the funeral of a student killed in the attack.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/702ed0e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4256x2832+0+0/resize/880x586!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F12%2F17%2F460554492_custom-501e62e0f1a963f90fe9b0cbec1290217a2d332c.jpg)
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![Pakistani activists from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement light candles in Karachi on Tuesday for the victims of the Taliban's attack.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3ec822d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3868x2695+0+0/resize/880x613!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F12%2F17%2F460552008_custom-6954d051874da4527a0ba0bee7ff4101f4361000.jpg)
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![People attend the funeral of one of the students killed in the attack in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Wednesday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/485a059/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2479x1616+0+0/resize/880x574!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2014%2F12%2F17%2Fap546851346644_custom-3056dbfbcaf3015cade16190853dfed9734beeb0.jpg)
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