Artists Around The World Respond To Tragic Death Of 3-Year-Old Syrian Refugee

On Wednesday morning (Sept. 2), Turkish police found the body of a 3-year-old Syrian refugee – Aylan Kurdi – who had drowned together with his 5-year-old brother Ghalib and mother Rehan in the Mediterranean sea while trying to escape Syria. Images of his lifeless body went viral, driving home the danger and desperation of the refugee crisis in Syria and inspiring a powerful emotional response from artists around the world.

These touching responses range from grief to rage, and regardless of where you stand on the Syrian refugee crisis and Europe’s response, one thing is certain – children like Aylan and Ghalib should not be dying like this.

(h/t: reuters)

3-year-old Aylan Kurdi as he was found

Image credits: Nilufer Demir/Reuters

This is how artists around the world responded:

#1 Do You See It Now?

Image source: Valeria Botte Coca

#2 How His Story Should Have Ended…

Image source:  Steve Dennis

#3 We Are Losing Ourselves As Humans,and The People Will Die Around The Borders

Image source: Azzam Daaboul

#4 God Be With You, Little Angel. The Death Of Tragic Syrian Toddler Aylan By Gunduz Aghayev

#5 Hell Is The Reality We Living In

Image source: Khaled Yeslam

#6 Just Sleeping

Image source: Mahnaz Yazdani

#7 I Hope Humanity Finds A Cure For Visas

Image source: ALBAIH

#8 The Leaders Watching

Image source: Umm Talha

#9 Sleep My Child

Image source: ZEZO CARTOONS

#10 Humanity Washed Ashore

Image source: Murat Sayın

#11 Humanity Washed Ashore

Image source: Muaaz Alkhadra

#12 Flying Angel

#13 Still The Same.

#14 From Embrace Of Syria To Drowning In The Sea Turkey

Image source: Khaled Karajah

#15 The Warmest Embrace

Image source: Rameez Murtaza

#16 Humanity Slipping Away…

#17 Leaving A Shitty World

#18 Syrian Dream By M.b.omrane – Original Artwork: Water Is Life By Maureen D. Dean

#19 The New Face Of Humanity

#20 Noblest Of Them All

#21 We Put Him To Sleep, And It’s About Time For Us To Wake Up

Image source: Ghalia Al Twal

#22 Don’t Let Compassion Drown

Image source: mystictris

#23 Symbol For Crisis

Image source: Ahmed Falah

#24 In The Arms Of The Angel

Image source: Hope Sarout

#25 Humanity Washed Ashore

Image source: ugurgallen

#26 Cartoon: Rafat Al-khateeb

#27 Humanity Washed Ashore

Image source: Afjol Uddin

#28 Oh, Look A Dolfin

#29 Pieta

#30 Society Of The Spectacle (by L’homme Jaune)

Image source: facebook.com

#31 #arab !!

#32 …

#33 Proud Ride

#34 Go, Little One, With Loves

#35 Sleep Deep In My Shoulders.. Here Is Your Safe Home..

#36 Thank You World

#37 In Memory Of Aylan Kurdi 2012 – 2015.

Image source: Rathon

#38 Mare Nostrum

#39 Without Faith In Humanity

#40 Aylan(3) Ghalib(5)

#41 #dieu

#42 Hope You Did Not Die In Vain Little One – Rip Aylan & Galip

#43 Ceci N’est Pas Anne Geddes

#44 I Painted This A Few Weeks Ago… Now I See A New Meaning Of My Painting.

#45 The Toy

#46 I Have No Words – Ik Heb Er Geen Woorden Voor

#47 Foundling Child! By: Ali Miraee

#48 This Is Where He Should Be.

#49 Aylan, 3 Ans Et Sa Bouteille à La Mer … Http://www.bar-a-mines.com/category/dessins-dactu/

#50 In Memory Of Aylan Kurdi By Achraf Baznani

#51 Humanity Washed Ashore

Image source: Serhat Özdili

#52 Remember…

#53 The Dreamer

#54 Crisis

#55 Save Refugees And Extend A Helping Hand

#56 Faith In Humanity – Lost

#57 Rest. You Rest Now. Tonight You Are Safe In The Arms Of Angels.

#58 Aylan & Ashley

#59 Us

#60 The Tired Angel :)

#61 Praying For You Little Angel, Aylan!

#62 “hope Never Dies,it’s Just Asleep.” Author: Francisco Vargas /country: Costa Rica

#63 Stap Looking Away

#64 Cynizm

Image source: forum.termometropolitico.it

#65 The Softening Of Hearts

#66 Aylan’s Killer

#67 #dieu

#68 Good Bye

Image source: Collagemadewithartistictadjustmentsintheoriginalphoto

#69 Die For Freedom & Sweet Home ..

#70 R.i.p. Aylan

#71 A Better Place

#72 Pelase Love….

#73 Ring A Ring A Rosy…

#74 Moment Of Shame For Arab Countries .. By Bilal Chopra ..

#75 Devastated

#76 Don’t Stay Neutral

#77 Will It Always Take The Death Of A Human Being For Us To See The Problems In Today’s Society?

#78 World New Map

#79 Babies Never Die

#80 #dieu

#81 …

#82 Dirty World ..

#83 Praying For You Little Angel, Aylan!

#84 Sleeping Beauty

#85 Waif Child! By: Ali Miraee

#86 Protection

#87 It’s Not Exactly About Aylan Kurdi But It’s About Syrian Refugees (the Same Tragedy)

#88 Blessed Are The Children , For Theirs Is The Kingdom Of Heaven

#89 Would It Have Made A Difference?

#90 Sleep Tight, Little Boy

#91 A Wake-up Sleep…

#92 End Of The Future, God Be With You, Little Angel.

#93 Everybody Is Sad

#94 Waif Child! By: Ali Miraee

#95 Ii Should End This Way

#96 The Syrians

#97 Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott

#98 Peers And Lords, White And Male, Old And Out Of Touch…..