New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- Thousands of WhatsApp users on Monday complained about problems with the messaging platform, reporting that they were unable to send pictures, videos or create a Status update. According to the outage-tracking website Downdetector, the issue appears to have affected users across various parts of the world, including India, the US, Mexico and the UK.

"Whenever I try to send an image on WhatsApp, I get as far as the image appearing in the chat with a spinning wheel, then it just says 'retry'. I can still receive images and I can still send images in other apps. How can I fix this for WhatsApp?" wrote one user on Reddit.

"Oh how reassuring it was to Google 'why can't I send photos on WhatsApp' and be met with a thread ...