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Business News/ Photos / The life and death of Aylan Kurdi

The life and death of Aylan Kurdi

Aylan Kurdi was born in 2012. He died in 2015 at the age of three. This is his short life in pictures.

The picture of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi washed up on a beach, lying face down in the surf not far from Turkey’s fashionable resort town of Bodrum went viral, drawing the attention of the entire world to the Syrian refugee crisis. AP

1/6The picture of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi washed up on a beach, lying face down in the surf not far from Turkey’s fashionable resort town of Bodrum went viral, drawing the attention of the entire world to the Syrian refugee crisis. AP

A picture taken in happier times where Aylan is seen sharing a laugh with his 5-year-old brother, Galip Kurdi. Aylan and Galip were among the 12 Syrian refugees who were drowned on Wednesday, attempting to reach Greece. Reuters

2/6A picture taken in happier times where Aylan is seen sharing a laugh with his 5-year-old brother, Galip Kurdi. Aylan and Galip were among the 12 Syrian refugees who were drowned on Wednesday, attempting to reach Greece. Reuters

A photo of little Aylan from an undated family album. Galip and Aylan’s mother Rehan, 35, also died after their boat capsized while trying to reach the Greek island of Kos. Reuters

3/6A photo of little Aylan from an undated family album. Galip and Aylan’s mother Rehan, 35, also died after their boat capsized while trying to reach the Greek island of Kos. Reuters

A distraught Abdullah Kurdi, the father of the drowned Syrian toddlers, was in tears after identifying their bodies in a morgue in the city of Muğla near Bodrum. He described in detail how they “slipped from my hands” as they tried to cling to their capsized dinghy in the Mediterranean Sea. Reuters

4/6A distraught Abdullah Kurdi, the father of the drowned Syrian toddlers, was in tears after identifying their bodies in a morgue in the city of Muğla near Bodrum. He described in detail how they “slipped from my hands” as they tried to cling to their capsized dinghy in the Mediterranean Sea. Reuters

Tima Kurdi, Aylan’s aunt, shows a photo of her three-year-old nephew on her phone during an interview at her home in Canada. Tima, who lives in Vancouver, had filed refugee paperwork to obtain permission for the Kurdi family to live in Canada, but the application had been rejected in June. AP

5/6Tima Kurdi, Aylan’s aunt, shows a photo of her three-year-old nephew on her phone during an interview at her home in Canada. Tima, who lives in Vancouver, had filed refugee paperwork to obtain permission for the Kurdi family to live in Canada, but the application had been rejected in June. AP

Father and sons in happier times. Abdullah, the only Kurdi family member to survive the trip, says he has nothing left to live for, as he prepares to take the bodies of his two sons and wife to be buried in their home town of Kobani. Reuters

6/6Father and sons in happier times. Abdullah, the only Kurdi family member to survive the trip, says he has nothing left to live for, as he prepares to take the bodies of his two sons and wife to be buried in their home town of Kobani. Reuters

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