On Twitter, users hijack Syrian news agency's #SummerInSyria campaign

A bomb blast in Syria. — (Image credit: Twitter.com/OfficialJargon)

Syria's state news agency Sana made a major blunder earlier this week when it asked people to tweet photos showing their fun "moments of summer," using the hashtag #SummerInSyria.

Instead of pictures featuring smiling faces, pool parties, and outdoor concerts, Twitter users are sharing photos of civilian casualties, destroyed buildings, and other harsh realities of the war that has been raging for four years. Even the U.S. Embassy in Syria is taking part, tweeting photos of the aftermath of barrel bombs hitting the Al Bayan Hospital in Aleppo. The images below are some of the less graphic and gruesome photos tagged with #SummerInSyria. Catherine Garcia

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.