This photo of a Syrian child holding her hands up will break your heart
Have we really failed as humans?
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-03-29 16:24 GMT
PhotojournliastNadia AbuShaban tweeted a photo of a child in Syria holding her hands up in surrender, apparently believing the photojournalist present was holding a gun rather than a camera. It’s a potent look into the mind-set of the roughly 5.5 million children affected or displaced by the conflict, which has been raging in the region since March 2011
AbuShaban tweeted: “photojournalist took this photo 4 Syrian child, thought he has a weapon not a camera so she Gave up ! #Surrended.”
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— Nadia AbuShaban (@NadiaAbuShaban) March 24, 2015
At a tender age the child knows a gun and fears the consequences of the weapon. Thus she puts up her arms in surrender. The fear in the her eyes in unmissable.