ITN - 1 hour 54 minutes agoA photograph of a small blonde girl in Morocco is to be examined by experts investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
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The picture was taken by a Spanish holidaymaker just over three weeks ago in the town of Zinat.
Madeleine's parents Kate and Gerry McCann are understood to have seen the image and their spokesman Clarence Mitchell says it could be significant.
The image shows a light-skinned, blonde-haired girl being carried on an elderly woman's back.
Madeleine, four, went missing from her parents' holiday apartment in Praia Da Luz, Portugal, on May 3.
Despite being declared suspects in the disappearance of their own daughter, Mr and Mrs McCann have repeatedly insisted that they believe Madeleine could still be alive.
The photograph emerged after a series of other reports of possible sightings of Madeleine in Morocco were publicised in recent days.
It follows two sightings of a blonde girl matching Madeleine's description in Marrakech on May 9, and reports of a third sighting in northern Morocco later the same month.
Spanish tourist Clara Torres said she saw the fair-skinned girl, who was being carried in a sling, with a group of North Africans walking by the side of the road.
The image was passed to local police by Ms Torres after she heard news of the various possible sightings of Madeleine in Morocco.
A Spanish government official in Albacete said the photograph had then been passed on to Interpol.
The photograph is now expected to be analysed by experts at the British Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre.
They are already scouring photographs taken by holiday makers in the Algarve around the time of Madeleine's disappearance using high-tech face mapping technology to identify potential suspects.
It is hoped that the same technology could be used to establish whether the child in the image could be Madeleine.
Mr Mitchell said: "We do not comment on any individual sightings. However in this case the picture was passed to the relevant authorities as soon as it was received and Gerry and Kate are obviously keen for it to be analysed as quickly as possible."