Harrowing images of an ash-covered boy who survived an air strike in Syria has quickly spread across the internet, shocking and disturbing social media users.
The young boy who has caught the world’s attention was supposedly pulled from the rubble after an air strike in Aleppo’s Qaterji district, a rebel-held area, on what is thought to be Wednesday night.
Meanwhile a video was circulated showing him being rescued from a ruined building and carried into an ambulance, where he is placed on an orange chair.
In the truly heartbreaking video the dazed boy sits quietly in the chaos, before touching his face and then wiping the blood and dirt on the chair.