The child is said to have thought that the photographer’s camera was a weapon.
Update: The BBC has confirmed that the subject of the photo is a girl.
Originally posted on March 30, 2015, at 10:10 p.m.
Updated on March 31, 2015, at 7:44 p.m.
Rachel Zarrell
Rachel Zarrell
BuzzFeed News ReporterA picture of a little girl appearing to assume a photojournalist’s camera was a weapon and surrendering has gone viral, first in Turkey and again recently in the U.S. after being tweeted by Gaza-based photojournalist Nadia Abu Shaban.
It was then posted on Reddit, where it received over 5,000 upvotes and over 1,600 comments, furthering the heartbreaking picture’s impact across the web. The BBCtracked down photographer Osman Sağırlı, who took the photo last December.
