images and video of the child have gone viral

The horror and tragedy of the war in Syria has been captured in a single photograph of a wounded child.

A young boy, aged five, sits on a chair inside an ambulance after an airstrike in his hometown of Aleppo, the whereabouts of his parents unknown.

Covered in dust from the rubble which was once his home, one side of Omran Daqneesh's face is drenched in blood, his expression dazed.

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Young Syrian boy Omran Daqneesh, aged five, was injured during airstrikes in Aleppo

Alone: The whereabouts of the boy's parents is unknown

Footage shows him wiping his dusty forehead with his hand, before realising he is bleeding, and he rests his hands back in his lap

The child is not crying, but waits quietly as his rescuers leave the ambulance to save the lives of four other children, before taking them all to the hospital

He is wearing a T-shirt with the popular cartoon character CatDog on it, barely visible through the blood and dust

Footage shows him wiping his dusty forehead with his hand, before realising he is bleeding, and he rests his hands back in his lap.

The child is not crying, but waits quietly as his rescuers leave the ambulance to save the lives of four other children, before taking them all to the hospital.

He is wearing a T-shirt with the popular cartoon character CatDog on it, barely visible through the blood and dust.

Photos and video of the little lost boy quickly went viral after being taken on Wednesday night, people horrified at what is unfolding each day in full view of the world.

Omran and three other children were taken to the M10 hospital for treatment

A fighter in Aleppo fires a heavy machine gun that's resting on a metal battle

Fighters from the Free Syrian Army fire rockets at the regime's positions

The Aleppo elite forces battalion, one of them in bare feet, advancing towards the battle of Saif al-Dawla against the Syrian regime army in Aleppo

A civilian receives treatment after a rocket attack in the As Sukkari area of Aleppo

At least 25 people were killed and many more injured by a rocket attack in Aleppo

A young boy, covered in blood and dust, awaits treatment in Aleppo

A doctor sees to an injured young man in Aleppo after the rocket attack

The ABC reported that Omran suffered head wounds when his home in the rebel-held eastern suburbs of Aleppo was hit in an airstrike.

Volunteers from Syria's Civil Defence group - known as the White Helmets - rescued the five-year-old along with three other children.

They were taken to the M10 hospital and Omran has since been discharged. Doctors do not know where the child's parents are.

A building burns in Aleppo following fierce fighting between the Syrian regime and rebel factions

This image shows how fighting has left medical facilities in a state of ruin in Aleppo

The rocket bombardment badly damaged the Al-Shaar neighbourhood

The rebel-held suburbs of eastern Aleppo have been flattened by airstrikes in recent years

Smoke and flame rise after alleged US-led air strikes on the mills of Manbij where Islamic State militants are positioned, in Aleppo

A aerial view shows a damaged buildings in Al-Maysar nighbourhood of Aleppo

Thousands of people have reacted to the images online since they were released on Wednesday night, expressing their heartbreak over the boy's plight.

'My heart is broken', Dena wrote.

'Looking at the little Syrian boy's traumatised stare at the chaos, how do we end their torture? When does it stop?

'Still can't get over that video of the Syrian boy from #Aleppo', Absar posted.

'Our only marker of a successful life is how we leave it for the next generation.'