WASHINGTON — The global debate about the color of a dress has turned violent today, with reports of death and mayhem pouring in from around the world.

Video has appeared online from the ISIS-controlled, Iraqi city of Mosul showing the beheading of 27 people dressed in black and blue dresses, with the narrator stating, "The heretics falsely claim[ed] with the Crusader Zionists that the dress was white and gold.”

On Instagram, Russian President Vladimir Putin posted shirtless pictures of himself posing next to a display purporting to show Ukrainian journalists photoshopping the Lavender and Blue dress to make it appear yellow and gold. Independent analysts have determined that the image of Ukrainian journalists in the display is actually a previously unknown photo of the Beatles from around the recording of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.