The Dhaka Times Desk The picture speaks. We have been hearing that. This time, such a cruel picture has really shaken the world. The picture is a picture of the shore of the Mediterranean Sea.
At least 12 migrants fleeing Syria have drowned in the Mediterranean on their way to the Greek island of Kos, according to media reports. Among them is the dead body of a child. This brutal picture has gone viral on social media. A Turkish police officer found the child lying on the sand.
The child, aged approximately 3 years, was wearing a red shirt and blue pants. Turkey's private news agency Dogan said the baby's name is Aylan. The body of his 5-year-old brother Galip washed up on the other side of the beach.
Still and video images of the lifeless child quickly spread, first on social media in Turkey and then around the world, the New York Times said. Spectators, human rights activists, journalists all shocked. Want to show everyone else this painful picture; So that it can make an appeal to the international community to stop the war in Syria.
Among those who shared the grim photo was Washington Post correspondent Liz Sly, who has been reporting on the war from Syria. Also present are Nadeem Houry and Peter Buckaert of Human Rights Watch. International Rescue Committee President David Miliband and people living in the Syrian city of Raqqa and areas under Islamic State rule. After circulating on social media, the media has also taken this cruel picture. Because it will be used as a tool to awaken the world conscience. This film is an example of how ruthless people are or where war can take people.