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| German paper Bild removes all photos in protest over Alan Kurdi complaints | |
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| Germany’s best-selling newspaper has removed all pictures from its print edition and website in response to complaints about its decision to publish images of the three-year-old Syrian refugee who drowned trying to reach Greece. | Germany’s best-selling newspaper has removed all pictures from its print edition and website in response to complaints about its decision to publish images of the three-year-old Syrian refugee who drowned trying to reach Greece. |
| A statement from Bild says the photo of Alan Kurdi, who died last week along with his mother and five year old brother, “caused dismay and compassion” and “rattled a million people awake”. | |
| It likened the images to the famous photo of a Vietnamese girl running from a napalm strike during the Vietnam war, adding: “The world must see the truth in order to change.” | It likened the images to the famous photo of a Vietnamese girl running from a napalm strike during the Vietnam war, adding: “The world must see the truth in order to change.” |
| Related: Will the image of a lifeless boy on a beach change the refugee debate? | Related: Will the image of a lifeless boy on a beach change the refugee debate? |
| Warum @BILD heute keine Bilder zeigt! http://t.co/qWQ9Z1OkbR pic.twitter.com/SXY9DoXgj2 | Warum @BILD heute keine Bilder zeigt! http://t.co/qWQ9Z1OkbR pic.twitter.com/SXY9DoXgj2 |
| The decision to remove pictures in print and online comes less than a week after the newspaper dedicated its whole back page to the distressing image of Alan lying face down on the beach in Bodrum, surrounded by a black background and a plea for action from Europe. | |
| This is what the text under the photo says in English #tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers via @tanit pic.twitter.com/sLk4ePEiB0 | This is what the text under the photo says in English #tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers via @tanit pic.twitter.com/sLk4ePEiB0 |
| The images of Alan have helped shift debate across Europe and contributed to a public outcry over the plight of refugees trying to reach the continent. | |
| However, they have also caused controversy, with numerous papers including the Guardian choosing to print a picture of a policeman cradling the dead child on their front pages rather than the image him lying face down on the beach. | However, they have also caused controversy, with numerous papers including the Guardian choosing to print a picture of a policeman cradling the dead child on their front pages rather than the image him lying face down on the beach. |
| The Independent was the only UK paper to choose the more distressing image of Alan for its front page. | |
| Independent editor Amol Rajan defended the use of the picture on Saturday, writing: “Ultimately, we felt – and still do – that the power to shock is a vital instrument of journalism, and therefore democracy. Our motivation wasn’t avaricious; it was to shock the world into action.” | Independent editor Amol Rajan defended the use of the picture on Saturday, writing: “Ultimately, we felt – and still do – that the power to shock is a vital instrument of journalism, and therefore democracy. Our motivation wasn’t avaricious; it was to shock the world into action.” |