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    A man places a rose after lighting candles in front of portraits of the victims of the Taliban attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar, during a candlelight vigil in Lahore.Reuters
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    People light candles in memory of victims of the Taliban attack on the Army Public School, along with others in a rally in Peshawar.Reuters
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    Boys hold toy guns as they chant slogans to condemn the Taliban attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar, during a rally in Lahore.Reuters
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    A female student chants slogans with others to condemn the attack by Taliban gunmen on the Army Public School in Peshawar, during a rally in Lahore.Reuters
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    A girl holds candle for the victims of the attack by Taliban gunmen on the Army Public School in Peshawar.Reuters
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    A boy in an army uniform weeps for victims in front of Army Public School which was attacked by Taliban gunmen, in Peshawar.Reuters
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    People attend a candlelight prayer ceremony for the victims of the attack at the military-run Army Public School at Peshawar in Pakistan, at a home for the elderly in Ahmedabad.Reuters
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    A woman prays for Zulfiqar, 45, a teacher who survived an attack by Taliban gunmen on the Army Public School.Reuters

Following the massacre that killed more than 141 people, including 132 children, in the Peshawar Army School on Tuesday, 16 December, the Pakistan government  declared a mourning period of three days. Schools and other institutions remained closed for three days, to pay homage to the martyrs of the brutal attack.

Special candlelight vigil and prayers were organised in various parts of the country, where people paid tribute to the victims of the attack.

Even after four days, the survivors of the bloody attack still fear to get back to the school, which was attacked by the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan on Tuesday.  

The Indian government has sent special instructions to schools in the country on how to react to such an attack in future.