Pakistani Schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai’s Path From Assassination to Recovery

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Malala Is Talking; So Listen Up

Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai talks to her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, as she recuperates at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, on November 8, 2012. Taliban gunmen shot and seriously wounded Malala on October 9, 2012. Malala was targeted due to continuously speaking out against the Taliban and advocating for girls education.

Photo: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham/Reuters

Malala Being Taken to Safety

Hospital staff assist Malala Yousafzai in the hours after the 14-year-old schoolgirl was wounded in a gun attack in northwest Pakistan on October 9, 2012.

Photo: Mohammad Muzamil /Reuters

praying for a schoolgirl’s recovery

Children light oil lamps beside a picture of Malala Yousafzai at a school in Peshawar, October 12, 2012. The Urdu words on her picture read, “Malala Yousafzai.”

Photo: Athar Hussain/Reuters

Malala Opens Her Eyes

Malala Yousafzai is seen recuperating at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham after her surgery on October 19, 2012. Ten days after being shot in the head, she was able to stand for the first time with some help from doctors.

Photo: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham/Reuters

Tributes Around the World

A man walks next to a sand sculpture of Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai created by Indian sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik on a beach in Puri in the eastern Indian state of Odisha.

Photo: Stringer/Reuters

Malala With Her family

Malala Yousafzai is seen with her father, Ziauddin, and her two younger brothers, Khushal Khan and Atal Khan (R), on October 25, 2012. Her father said his daughter was strong and would “rise again” to pursue her dreams after receiving treatment in a British hospital.

Photo: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham/Reuters

Pakistan Women Against the Taliban

Pakistani women, who support the religious political party Sunni Tehreek, hold a placard and party flags in support of Malala Yousafzai during a demonstration in Islamabad, October 14, 2012.

Photo: Faisal Mahmood/Retuers

Malala Reads Messages of Support

One month after being shot in the head by the Taliban, Malala Yousafzai is sitting up and reading cards while she recuperates—on November 8, 2012.

Photo: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham/Reuters

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Pakistani Schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai’s Path From Assassination to Recovery

Malala Is Talking; So Listen Up

Photo: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham/Reuters

Malala Being Taken to Safety

Photo: Mohammad Muzamil /Reuters

praying for a schoolgirl’s recovery

Photo: Athar Hussain/Reuters

Malala Opens Her Eyes

Photo: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham/Reuters

Tributes Around the World

Photo: Stringer/Reuters

Malala With Her family

Photo: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham/Reuters

Pakistan Women Against the Taliban

Photo: Faisal Mahmood/Retuers

Malala Reads Messages of Support

Photo: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham/Reuters

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