Here is a less cropped version of this image. Credit to the photographer, Rene Schulthoff. Per here:
By JAY AKBAR FOR MAILONLINE
The young Syrian girl pictured surrendering to the camera she mistook for a gun is not the only one traumatised by a short life filled with violence and war.
Another little girl was photographed in a Jordanian refugee camp, weeping with fear after mistaking an aid worker's camera for a weapon.
The photographer who took the heart-breaking image in November did not grasp how terrified she was until he was editing the photographs.
It was then Rene Schulthoff realised the girl - alone and barefoot among the metal huts - was so scared of his camera that 'she raised her hands to surrender because she thought it was a weapon'.
He told MailOnline: 'I had tears in my eyes when I saw her like that on my computer. I was shocked by her reaction, the fear and seeing her crying... It is a tragedy for this young generation.'
'Instead of playing with friends, they grow up in permanent fear under extremely poor conditions missing almost everything. A childhood of pain tears and sadness.'
'They miss a peaceful happy childhood, kindergartens, education and what they learn currently is that life is pure horror.'
The Communications Delegate for the German Red Cross regularly visits the camp which is 62 miles east of the capital Amman, but does not know if the nameless girl is there with her family.
She is one of 17,000 living in Azraq camp according to the United Nations Refugee Agency - having fled the brutal war that has plagued Syria for over four years.
The pictures showing her torment follow the iconic image of another Syrian girl who 'broke millions of hearts' after surrendering to a different cameraman Osman Sagirli.
Yesterday, MailOnline exclusively revealed four-year-old Adi Hudea could now be in the hands of Al Qaeda after her family left the Atmeh refugee camp for Idlib.
She, her mother and three siblings had been living in the Syrian camp since the young girl's father was killed in the 2012 Hama massacre....
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Syrian girl refugee camp Azraq Jordan surrender cause scared of my camera, thought it is a gun.
i_declareathumbwar on August 9th, 2021 at 07:40 UTC »
This breaks my heart 😥
jettim76 on August 9th, 2021 at 09:29 UTC »
Fairly certain the photo is several years old. I really hope the child is okay!
Spartan2470 on August 9th, 2021 at 12:21 UTC »
Here is a less cropped version of this image. Credit to the photographer, Rene Schulthoff. Per here:
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Later he posted these pictures from this series. Per there: