#AylanKurdi: The three-year-old who broke the world's heart

Here's hoping humanity finds a cure for visas

Images of a Syrian toddler surfaced across social media this week as he lay lifeless on a Turkish beach after a migrant boat capsized while trying to reach the Greek island of Kos. 

Although the migrant crisis has been ongoing for several years, it was the image of 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi that got the world talking about the issue, with several urging governments to take urgent action.



Images of the toddler have gone viral across social media demonstrating an urgent need for action and for countries to review their policies for refugees.

Here's a look at what the world has been tweeting about:

Can you see it now?

Speechless

Sin palabras

RIP #AylanKurdi#HumanityWashedAshore #KiyiyaVuranInsanlik pic.twitter.com/pz7kvI0CO3

— Debb (@ByDebrey) September 4, 2015

https://twitter.com/Navya_NNanda/status/639634542232367104

https://twitter.com/DerekScott1984/status/639192270995107841

#AylanKurdi I don't feel worthy to even utter his name but I have to and we all should.... This is a burden on all our souls :_(

— Sam (@TheJadedQueen) September 2, 2015

Obituary in @smh today for #AylanKurdi, who drowned "in the coldness of human indifference" #auspol #WeCanDoBetter pic.twitter.com/d5Nq2OYxPR

— Mariam Veiszadeh (@MariamVeiszadeh) September 3, 2015

https://twitter.com/El_OptiMist/status/639181214923010048

https://twitter.com/ric_cole/status/639170627883151360

https://twitter.com/Qpalestine/status/639171407281324033

He had a name. We remember and honor him, and all the others, by covering the story: #AylanKurdi pic.twitter.com/8EsZ138AKI

— David Clinch (@DavidClinchNews) September 2, 2015

https://twitter.com/LinaSaidd/status/639181810363203584

Many artists from across the globe have also created artwork to mourn his death:

https://twitter.com/ShujaRabbani/status/639644924183314432

#KıyıyaVuranİnsanlık pic.twitter.com/GRn3Du42Wu

— Uğur Gallenkuş (@ugurgallen) September 2, 2015

https://twitter.com/theghaliatwal/status/639376195239280640

Tan descriptivo y desgarrador, como excelente. By: @sozdili pic.twitter.com/nYVDwTF3Jx

— Sebastián Taján (@SebaTajan) September 3, 2015

Because you couldn't find a safe home for you down here... Sleep well little angel, child of the world #AylanKurdi ✨👼 pic.twitter.com/5j1JNizK11

— Hiba Tawaji (@hibatawaji) September 4, 2015

#kiyiyavuraninsanlik One of Ummah's greatest political problems r rulers in Muslim world caring not for her affairs. pic.twitter.com/qFhuX11zEE

— Tsuroyya Amal Yasna (@latteofmylife) September 3, 2015

The day humanity died #AylanKurdi pic.twitter.com/6IysCXbvjS

— Matiur Rahman (@MatiurDC) September 3, 2015

https://twitter.com/kyeslam/status/639459711125843968

#Khartoon - I Hope Humanity Finds a Cure for Visas #Syria #refugeeswelcome #refugeecrisis #Germany #Italy #Greece pic.twitter.com/zbyGMSrIsO

— ود البيه (@khalidalbaih) September 2, 2015

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