Missing iCloud Photos on Windows

On my iPhone, when I look at iCloud storage, it shows that my Photo Library is using 3.9GB. However, I cannot find a way to access all of these photos. I have iCloud for Windows on a computer using Windows 7. I am only seeing about 45 photos from the last couple months in iCloud on my computer. I tried uninstalling / reinstalling / restarting iCloud on my computer without any luck.
Can someone tell me how I can get to the photos that are taking up 3.9GB in my iCloud? Thank you very much!

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