#PrayforPeshawar: 21 powerful messages of support from around the world

“Love and peace knows no border,” tweeted Rini Chatterjee, a marketing professional in Mumbai, India.

The Taliban’s brutal attack on an army-run school in Peshawar, Pakistan has sparked a massive outpouring of support and mourning on social media where people from around the world put aside their differences, long-held grudges and politics to offer messages of grief, condolence and support to the people of Pakistan. 

Just one day after #IllRideWithYou in Sydney, Indians used the tag #IndiawithPakistan on Twitter, started by prominent Indian columnist Tehseen Poonawalla, offering their support and sympathy for Pakistanis. People from all over the world joined in using hashtags such #PrayforPakistan in a glimmer of hope and solidarity, proving that peace and love cannot be contained within borders.

Here are some powerful messages of support from across the globe:

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The world stands with Pakistan’s children – candlelight vigil for #peshawarattack victims at #columbia university pic.twitter.com/kOlnY95wQP

— Fatima Mullick (@fmullick) December 17, 2014

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Candlelight vigil in Sydney for martyrs of #PeshawarAttack. pic.twitter.com/9Xkq3BqRCS — Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) December 18, 2014

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RT @AuntyBipolarHai “When your child dies, you bury him in your heart, he only dies the day you die” Pushto saying. #IndiawithPakistan

— Siddharth (@svaradarajan) December 16, 2014

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Candles up, in solidarity with the parents of 132 children lost in #PeshawarAttack: #DCWithPeshawar pic.twitter.com/ibR2OJ1fu8 — Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) December 17, 2014

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Absolutely beautiful how the world is coming together to respect the deceased #IndiawithPakistan #TurkeywithPakistan #ChinawithPakistan

— Myra ♥ (@myradas14) December 16, 2014

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One minute silence for the victims of Peshawar #QND #Qatar pic.twitter.com/fBMO0Rzl3S — Saad (@msaadkb) December 18, 2014

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#IndiaWithPakistan because no politics, religion, ideology is above the need to share the grief of Peshawar’s parents

— Shivam Vij (@DilliDurAst) December 16, 2014

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Some days overwhelm years of painful history. Today is one such day. Politics & battles can sit this one out #IndiawithPakistan — IndiaSpeaks (@IndiaSpeaksPR) December 16, 2014

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Hashtags from horrific events may not fix what’s happening, but #illridewithyou & #IndiawithPakistan provide glimmers of hope in dark times.

— Rishi Iyengar (@iyengarrishi) December 16, 2014

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Solidarity with students victims of the #PeshawarAttack – India. #PrayForPeshawar pic.twitter.com/8kxyep2UI0 — Khaled Bey (@KhaledBeydoun) December 18, 2014

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The smallest coffins truly are the heaviest #PrayForPeshawar pic.twitter.com/XqD60kBvJl

— The10thDC (@The10thDC) December 17, 2014

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this situation breaks my heart so much. #PrayForPeshawar . — Madison Beer (@MadisonElleBeer) December 17, 2014

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Candle Lit Vigil at Trafalgar Square, London. #PrayForPeshawar #PeshawarAttack pic.twitter.com/W9RXQxXfnD

— Sumiyya (@ItsSumiyya) December 18, 2014

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“They finished in minutes what I had lived my whole life for” says father of boy killed in #PeshawarAttack. My heart is breaking for him. — Emily Davis (@EmilyZDavis) December 18, 2014

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Heart-wrenching targeting of school children in #PeshawarAttack. All Canadians condemn such horrific violence.

— Justin Trudeau, MP (@JustinTrudeau) December 16, 2014

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Indian town of Shimla, school children offer prayers for children of #PeshawarAttack pic.twitter.com/e4AIVT2HoS — Hydaspian (@Sportsurge) December 18, 2014

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For all sad words of tongue and tweets, The saddest is that, ‘It might have been’. #PeshawarAttack

— Geoffrey D Langlands (@GDLanglands) December 18, 2014

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You don’t have to be Pakistani or Muslim to feel or express sorrow about the mass murder of kids. You have only to be human. #PeshawarAttack — Rani Mukherjee (@iamRaniMukherji) December 16, 2014

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My heart pains from the loss of Pakistan students who’ve been killed by Talibans. Accessing education shd never be a risk! #PeshawarAttack

— vivian onano (@vivianonano) December 16, 2014

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There are no words. No words at all. Only heartache. Prayers for the families of these children. My heart breaks for you. #PeshawarAttack — Mary Anne Mack (@wallsofjericho2) December 17, 2014

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The pain of losing a child is the same for all mothers. Heartbreaking. #IStandwithPeshawar #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/BUowUPUCeo

— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) December 17, 2014

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