Artists depict boy's body on the beach
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Illustration by Murat Sayın, an artist living in Ankara, Turkey. "To see a child in such a position, lying dead in a beach at a country that was supposed to give him refuge and a future ... seeing a child who was running away from war and death. ... I suppose the image talks for itself."
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Turkish artist Omer Tosun shared this illustration on Twitter with the caption, translated to English, "I am only dreaming of what could have been, I think this expresses what a shame it is."
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Illustration by Islam Gawish, an Egyptian cartoonist: "This child who wanted freedom, has been killed by the fear of war, the war that he was not a part of."
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Iranian cartoonist and animator Mahnaz Yazdani said she changed "the cruel, wild, cold water to a warm safe blanket for dead kids to sleep."
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"I know what will make the father take such extreme measures to try to get his family to safety. I had tears in my eyes. Only a parent would understand," said Khalid Albaih, a Sudanese political cartoonist living in Doha, Qatar.
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