
Drowned Syrian Boy Sparks Outcry
Syrian refugee drowned, China projects power image, Ebola's 360 degree film
At least 12 Syrians trying to reach Greece have drowned off Turkey after the boats they were travelling in sank. An image of one of the victims - a young boy lying face down on the beach - has sparked an international outcry over the human cost of the crisis.
President Xi Jingping has sought to project an image of China as a major power, thrust into prominence by its victory over Japan 70 years ago.
A new film tells the story of how an Ebola survivor, Decontee Davis, the effect it had on her family and also her hopes for the future.
(Photo: The Syrian boy's lifeless body -- reported to be three-year-old Aylan, who drowned along with his five-year-old brother Galip and their mother, Rihan -- was lifted from the seashore by a Turkish gendarmerie. Their father, Abdullah Kurdi, survived. Credit: AP).
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