The uncle and cousin of injured student Mohammad Baqair (center) comfort him as he mourns the death of his mother, who was a teacher at the school that was attacked.
Mohammad Sajjad
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.
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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.
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Pakistani army soldiers stand outside the Army Public School auditorium on Wednesday.
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Pakistani mourners pray during the funeral of a student killed in the attack.
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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.
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People attend the funeral of one of the students killed in the attack in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Wednesday.