How to recover photos in iCloud/Photos on MacBook after my iPhone5 was stolen?

Hi, my iPhone 5 was stolen and I'm wondering if/how to best recover the photos from the device? I was able to pull up the photos in my iPad photo stream after the theft, but the photos then went blank, as if they disappeared or were being erased. I've since installed Yosemite on my MacBook and have only been able to recover photos that were physically backed up through an iTunes sync. I previously only had the 5GB iCloud storage, but have since upgraded to a larger storage account.
Is there any other information I can provide to help anyone help me sort this out?
Thank you!

If all of the fixes that Larry suggested fail give this a try:
Starting over from scratch with new library
Start over with a new library and import the Originals (iPhoto 09 and earlier) or the Masters (iPhoto 11) folder from your original library as follows:
1. Open the library package like this.
2. Launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and, when asked, select the option to create a new library.
3. Drag the subfolders of the Originals (iPhoto 09 and earlier) or the Masters (iPhoto 11) folder from the open iPhoto Library package into the open iPhoto window a few at a time.
This will create a new library with the same Events (but not necessarily the same Event names) as the original library but will not keep the metadata, albums, books slideshows and other projects.
Note:  your current library will be left untouched for further attempts at a fix if so desired.
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