Yesterday, a photo of a 3-year-old boy named Aylan Kurdi and his 5-year-old brother, Rihan, who were washed up on the beach in one of Turkey’s prime tourist resorts, went viral across many social media platforms. The pictures showed a little boy wearing a bright red t-shirt and shorts lying face-down in the surf on a beach near the resort town of Bodrum. In a second image, a grim-faced policeman carries the body away.
Artists from all over the world have instantly responded, they started to share amazing tributes to the widely seen photo of AylanArtists from all over the world are sharing amazing tributes to the widely seen photo of Aylan under the hashtag #KiyiyaVuranInsanlik -or#HumanityWashedAshore . Both hashtags became the top trending topic on Twitter. In the first few hours after the accident, the image had been retweeted thousands of times.
Hell is the reality we living in.. #KiyiyaVuranInsanlikpic.twitter.com/73wblRdkd8
— Khaled Yeslam | خالد (@kyeslam) September 3, 2015
The #Syria -n Child on Turkey’s shores emerging as a symbol for crisis. Photo via @AdiKhair : pic.twitter.com/MqDpluH30q — Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) September 2, 2015
#kiyiyavuraninsanlik One of Ummah’s greatest political problems r rulers in Muslim world caring not for her affairs. pic.twitter.com/qFhuX11zEE
— Umm Talha (@latteofmylife) September 3, 2015
How his story should have ended… #SyrianRefugees #KiyiyaVuranInsanlik pic.twitter.com/nXgpV7tZWr — Steve Dennis (@SteveDennis71) September 3, 2015
#DrownedSyrianBoy. #Syria have enough to count his death. pic.twitter.com/kXcQY7hyHa
— HOPE SAROUT☆☆☆ (@HopeSarout) September 2, 2015
#Khartoon – I Hope Humanity Finds a Cure for Visas #Syria #refugeeswelcome #refugeecrisis #Germany #Italy #Greece pic.twitter.com/zbyGMSrIsO — ALBAIH (@khalidalbaih) September 2, 2015
“We are losing ourselves as humans,and the people will die around the borders.” #SyrianRefugees #DrownedSyrianBoy pic.twitter.com/WCpsMiksRV
— Azzam Daaboul (@AzzamDaaboul) September 3, 2015
#KıyıyaVuranİnsanlık pic.twitter.com/GRn3Du42Wu
— ugurgallen ltd.şti. (@ugurgallen) September 2, 2015
A picture paints a thousand words , and this came from a real image #KiyiyaVuranInsanlik (humanity washed ashore). pic.twitter.com/uzQ7BmcYls
— Λffy Uddin (@AfjolUddin) September 2, 2015
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