![A Turkish gendarmerie carries the body of Aylan Kurdi, 3, who drowned along with his brother Galip, 5, and their mother in a failed attempt to sail to the Greek island of Kos, in the coastal town of Bodrum, Turkey, on Sept. 2, 2015 Aylan Kurdi boy drowned](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/time-i-migrant-crisis-drowned-boy-kos.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
It was an image seen around the world on Thursday: a 3-year-old boy lying lifeless on a beach in Turkey, drowned with his family trying to flee Syria.
The disturbing photograph struck an emotional chord with viewers and highlighted the horror of the escalating migrant crisis in Europe. It also ignited controversy by mere fact of its publication. It’s controversial to publish photos this graphic in nature, yet versions of the image made the front page of major news outlets all over the world.
Through it’s unprecedented exposure to audiences across the globe, these shocking photographs have become a wakeup call for concerned citizens and European governments to find ways to help the hundreds of thousands of refugees escaping to their shores.
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The Child Who’s Become a Symbol of Europe’s Migrant Crisis
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