Heart-wrenching image of child lying lifeless next to their doll captures the devastation felt after Nice attacks
More than 80 people were killed after a man went on a murderous rampage during Bastille Day celebrations
A DOLL lies next to the lifeless body of a small child, an innocent victim of terror that gripped the streets of Nice.
The heart-wrenching photo has now captured the horror felt across the world after the horrific attack in the southeast coastal city of France that left more than 80 people dead and hundreds injured.
In the photo, the small child's body can be seen lying on the cold ground with what appears to be a beanie sticking out from under the silver sheet.
The identity of the small child has not yet been released.
The photograph, taken by Eric Gaillard for Reuters, is just one of the poignant images captured in the aftermath of the attack but has captured the horror of the tragedy like no other.
Of the 84 killed in the attack during Bastille Day celebrations, 10 were children.
A Lenval children's hospital surgeon, Frederic Sola, said: "The worst thing was the sheer number of children coming in, the nature of their injuries - serious head trauma and broken limbs - and the emotion felt by the children and their families."
Around 30 children were admitted to the hospital straight after the rampage with the youngest just a few months old.
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Lenval foundation hospital communications director Stephanie Simpson said medics had been treating children for fractures and head injuries.
Speaking with Associated Press, she said: "Some are still life and death."
The exact ages of those being treated in hospital, one of France's biggest paediatric emergency units, have not yet been released.
A series of cartoons have flooded social media as France and the world continues to grapple to come to terms with the horror.
Broadcaster Jeremy Vine shared a cartoon version of the now iconic image, showing the doll crying as she holds the young victim's hand.
The identity of the man responsible for the dozens of deaths in the streets of Nice has since been released.
Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel was shot by police after he went on a murderous rampage along the Promenade des Anglais of Nice, with the lorry later found to contain firearms and explosives.
France's President Francois Hollande immediately called crisis talks after the attack.
