--- title: Brussels Attacks: Sharing Pictures of Tintin Crying description: People around the world are expressing their support for Belgium by sharing pictures of beloved cartoon character Tintin crying. canonical: https://time.com/4267499/brussels-belgium-terrorist-attacks-tintin-crying/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-22T15:00:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:31:03.142Z og:title: The World Is Sharing Pictures of Tintin Crying to Show Love for Brussels og:description: "I am Belgium" og:url: https://time.com/4267499/brussels-belgium-terrorist-attacks-tintin-crying/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The World Is Sharing Pictures of Tintin Crying to Show Love for Brussels twitter:description: "I am Belgium" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The World Is Sharing Pictures of Tintin Crying to Show Love for Brussels  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 22, 2016 3:00 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 22, 2016 3:00 PM UTC In the aftermath of Tuesday’s [terrorist attacks](http://time.com/4267378/brussels-airport-zaventem-eyewitness/?xid=homepage) in Brussels, which [killed at least 31 people](http://time.com/4267339/brussels-terrorist-attacks-latest/?xid=homepage) and injured scores of others, people around the world are expressing their support for Belgium by sharing pictures of beloved [cartoon](http://time.com/4267507/brussels-attacks-cartoon/?xid=homepage) character Tintin crying. > [](https://twitter.com/klairemac94/status/712210694259744768) **Read More:** [What To Know About the Brussels Terrorist Attacks](http://time.com/4267339/brussels-terrorist-attacks-latest/?xid=homepage) The characters from Georges Remi’s _The Adventures of Tintin—_specifically Tintin and his dog Snowy—have long been national symbols of Belgium and are now being used as marks of solidarity with the country. Many have posted pictures of the boy reporter with tears on his face featuring captions such as “I am Belgium” and “Sadness.” > [](https://twitter.com/Anceau1/status/712195728777551872) > [](https://twitter.com/eurocrat/status/712197324202778624) > [](https://twitter.com/Franquin%5FCie/status/712202206922067968) > [](https://twitter.com/kevinfossier/status/712203302461689856) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4267499/brussels-belgium-terrorist-attacks-tintin-crying/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4267499/brussels-belgium-terrorist-attacks-tintin-crying/"},"headline":"The World Is Sharing Pictures of Tintin Crying to Show Love for Brussels","datePublished":"2016-03-22T15:00:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:03.142Z","description":"\"I am Belgium\"","url":"https://time.com/4267499/brussels-belgium-terrorist-attacks-tintin-crying/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Belgium","brussels","Cartoons","Brussels Attacks"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4267499/brussels-belgium-terrorist-attacks-tintin-crying/","name":"The World Is Sharing Pictures of Tintin Crying to Show Love for Brussels"}}]}] ```