A horrifying image of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi, the Syrian toddler who washed up on a Turkish shore, shook the world on Wednesday. Now, artists from across the world have paid tribute to the Syrian boy through some heartbreaking cartoons.
Kurdi, along with his family, were among the refugees from Syria who were trying to migrate to Greece for a safe home. However, only his father Abdullah survived as Kurdi, his five-year-old brother Galip and their mother Rehan drowned.
Soon after the heartbreaking pictures of Kurdi in a red shirt, blue bottoms and velcro-strap shoes were released by a Turkish news agency, the photos went viral on social media.
Check out how the global artists have paid tribute to the Syrian boy below:
How his story should have ended... #SyrianRefugees #KiyiyaVuranInsanlik pic.twitter.com/nXgpV7tZWr
— Steve Dennis (@SteveDennis71) September 3, 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
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
We put him to sleep, and it's about time for us to wake up #HumanityWashedAshore pic.twitter.com/8LFf7tRy9V — Ghalia Al Twal (@theghaliatwal) September 3, 2015
من أحضان سوريا...الى الغرق في بحر تركيا...
Posted by Khaled Karajah on Wednesday, September 2, 2015
#KıyıyaVuranİnsanlık pic.twitter.com/GRn3Du42Wu
— ugurgallen ltd.şti. (@ugurgallen) September 2, 2015
Hell is the reality we living in.. #KiyiyaVuranInsanlik pic.twitter.com/73wblRdkd8 — Khaled Yeslam | خالد (@kyeslam) September 3, 2015
Ne "gemicikler" var binenleri karun eden, ah ne gemiler var küçücük bir bedeni karşı kıyıya taşıyamayan... Zamanında...
Posted by Murat Sayın on Wednesday, September 2, 2015
#DrownedSyrianBoy. #Syria have enough to count his death. pic.twitter.com/kXcQY7hyHa
— HOPE SAROUT☆☆☆ (@HopeSarout) September 2, 2015
نم ياطفلي .. وارقد بسلام حتى تفتح عينيك وانت في الجنة برحمة من ربك #طفل_سوري #سوريا #SyrianRefugees #refugeeswelcome
Posted by ZEZO CARTOONS on Thursday, 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
