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Recently, Mark Zuckerberg overlaid the flag of France over his photograph in Facebook. This was with a Safety Check tool that enabled users to show their support for the French.

A recent change in the profile picture of Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, explained why he had decided to take a decision to Safety Check for the Paris attacks, but not for a deadly bombing in Beirut, according to TIME.

In a Facebook post, he wrote that Safety Check, which enbles users to mark themselves as well as others "safe" during tragedies had earlier been enabled only when there were natural disasters. But after the Paris attack, Facebook said that the check will be activated "for more human disasters going forward as well."

His post also linked to that of Alex Schultz, Vice President of Growth, who explained: "We chose to activate Safety Check in Paris because we observed a lot of activity on Facebook as the events were unfolding. In the middle of a complex, uncertain situation affecting many people, Facebook became a place where people were sharing information and looking to understand the condition of their loved ones. We talked with our employees on the ground, who felt that there was still a need that we could fill. So we made the decision to try something we've never done before: activating Safety Check for something other than a natural disaster. There has to be a first time for trying something new, even in complex and sensitive times, and for us that was Paris."

Terrorist attacks took 120 lives in Paris, but one day before that, they killed more than 40. A lot of people on social media were aghast and outraged that the check had been enabled only in Paris, but not in Beirut.

Explaining that people were right to ask about the discrepancy, Zuckerberg added: "We care about all people equally, and we will work hard to help people suffering in as many of these situations as we can."

If you want to change your profile picture too, you can check how to do it through The Telegraph.