Cant see pictures- only gray box with !

please i need help i by accidently double clicked a picture twice (so i clicked the picture 4 times really fast by accident) and then instead of seeing an enlarged picture i saw a gray box with dashed lines with an ! in the middle. when i plugged my ipod touch in i looked and all my pictures were gone. i dont know how to fix it, please help me!

Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

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