It is an image which speaks a thousand words.
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The image, taken by an Associated Press photographer, captures the aftermath of the tragedy which occurred on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka.
Terror attacks on hotels and Catholic churches in Sri Lanka have claimed the lives of 290 people so far and another 500 or more have been injured.
The image taken by the photographer shows a statue of Jesus Christ up close in St Sebestian's Church in Negombo, north of Colombo.
The statue and the walls of the church behind are splattered with blood.
Covered in the blood from the victims of this Sunday massacre.
The image speaks of the senseless tragedy which has rocked Sri Lanka and the world at this time many were enjoying what should have been a festive season.
"Obviously our entire community here in Wollongong is in shock. We are still trying to recover from the magnitude of it all," University of Wollongong Sri Lankan Students' Society president Dilan Ambonpola said.
"I still remember the civil war in our country. This just brought back all those memories, all those terrible memories."
Speaking to Nine, president of the Australia Sri Lanka Catholic Association, Sister Andradi Concepta, said the bombings were devastating for the large Sri Lankan community in Australia.
"It was such a happy, joyful day, but it has ended with sorrow and sadness," Sister Concepta said.
"We are praying for them, they are in our thoughts...[but] we are helpless."
Yet at times such as these, we all feel it.
We all feel a deep sadness and a sorrow that such a thing could happen in our world to this day.
American author David Levithan once said: ""What separates us from the animals, what separates us from the chaos, is our ability to mourn people we've never met."
Today and once again we mourn those we never met.
