Bild, the German newspaper, ran an entire print edition, as well as all online content, without any images on Tuesday.

The paper said it decided to run copy without any images after it faced criticism for publishing a photo of Aylan al-Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian refugee who was found dead on a beach in Turkey last week.

Julian Reichelt, the tabloid's digital editor, published an editorial piece on the paper's website defending the decision to run that image, underlining the importance photography can play on changing policy and altering public opinion.

"Without pictures the world would be more ignorant, the needy even more invisible, more lost. Many crimes would simply be forgotten without a visual reminders, no atonement, no penance, no apologies to prevent learning and memory. Photographs are the screams of the world".
 

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