Osman Orsal is a Turkish photo-journalist for the international news agency Reuters.
[1][2] The Washington Post reported that the image "encapsulates Turkey’s protests and the severe police crackdown".
Protesters later re-used the image in posters, accompanied by the slogan "The more you spray the bigger we get".
[3] On 29 May, Orsal was injured by police when he was struck in the head by a gas canister.
[1] A photograph of Orsal, with blood streaming down his face, was widely distributed.