The European refugee crisis has been raging for months, and while European Union leaders are trying to come up with solutions thousands of displaced and desperate people are reaching breaking point.
In their attempts to reach asylum, upon hearing that trains are being cancelled and there is nowhere for them to go, families are hurling themselves on the tracks in protests, according to news.com.au
The media is flooded with images of the terrible situation but no image has struck the world as deeply as the image of Aylan, the boy on the beach.
This single powerful image is fast becoming a symbol of the severity of the crisis and it has shocked the world.
International artists and cartoonists have depicted this image, and the tragedy it conveys.
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