A chilling new video showcases a series of 1-second-a-day selfies of a young girl's transition from one birthday to another, hoping to convey the horrific reality of the Syrian war, Yahoo News reported.
The haunting new video from the U.K.-based Save the Children charity asks viewers to remember that although the Syrian conflict is happening far away, that doesn't mean it isn't really happening.
"The roughly 90-second clip, shot like a series of one-second-a-day selfies of a young girl, starts with a birthday celebration. Things continue as one might expect: trips to the playground, fun with friends," Yahoo News reported. "But all the while, there are ominous undertones. Newscasters in the background speak of violence. Newspapers feature headlines of martial law. A man shouts at another man about how somebody 'deserved to get shot.'"
"Then, things really get rough. There's a bombing. The lights go out. The water stops running. People begin to flee the city en mass. Gas masks are worn, bullets fly, people scream, the girl looks around, saying, 'Where are we?'"
What exactly is the point of the video? Well, the video is supposed to be taking place in a nightmare version of Britain.
However, Save the Children is trying to show viewers through this depiction of unfortunate events that the video's chaos and violence is a current reality for the children of Syria, Yahoo News reported.
There are currently 2,493,025 registered Syrian refugees, according to the U.N. Refugee Agency. More than half are children under the age of 18, the agency reported.
This isn't the first time an agency has tried to increase public awareness of the Syrian conflict's effect on children. Last month, a filmed experiment of a child shivering without a coat at a bus stop in Norway also created a lot of buzz, Yahoo News reported.
