This photo of a 5-year old boy smoking and drinking alchol will make you cry

Shocking pictures of a five-year-old boy smoking a cigarette and drinking what appears to be a can of beer have shocked internet users around the globe.

At first glance the photo looks like it could have been taken at any playground, with the youngster enjoying playing in a toy car, but look closely and the scene becomes far from normal.

Taken by a passer-by in the Russian city of Tyumen, in the oil-rich Oblast region, the child can be clearly seen lighting and then smoking a cigarette.

Sprawling in the toy car, he also holds what looks like a can of beer.

The picture was shared on social media, with the photographer adding a caption of: “I wonder if his parents are watching?”