WhatsApp down: Hundreds of users report problems with service including downloading pictures

Hundreds of people have complained about WhatsApp being down, with many unable to send or receive photographs.

Users around the world reported problems with the Facebook-owned messaging app on Sunday morning.

According to website health tracker Down Detector, Europe is the worst affected region.

Parts of Asia and South America were also affected.

The main problem appeared to be sending and receiving photographs and other media, including stickers.

There were dozens of reports in the UK.

During an outage in March, users were cut off for almost a whole day during an outage in March.