In a series of missile strikes on May 7, India targeted terror camps across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, retaliating strongly to the Pahalgam massacre.
These photographs capture the immediate aftermath of the strikes in Bahawalpur and Muridke near Lahore -- from damaged buildings to the scrambling of rescue workers.
The images offer a stark visual account of the destruction left behind.
IMAGE: Media persons inside a building after it was hit by an Indian strike in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, on May 7, 2025. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters
IMAGE: Rescue workers cordon off a structure at the administration block of the Government Health and Education complex, in Muridke near Lahore, in the aftermath of the Indian strikes. Photograph: Gibran Peshimam/Reuters
IMAGE: People walk past the damaged administration block of the Government Health and Education complex, in Muridke. Photograph: Gibran Peshimam/Reuters
IMAGE: A general view of a damaged portion of a mosque in Muridke. Photograph: Gibran Peshimam/Reuters
IMAGE: A damaged portion of an administration block at the Government Health and Education complex, in Muridke. Photograph: Gibran Peshimam/Reuters
IMAGE: People gather next to a damaged portion of Bilal Mosque in Muzaffarabad, PoK. Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters
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