Video of Gaza child falsely linked to Bangladesh unrest
Screenshot of the false post The video circulated online after India's Hindu-nationalist government sounded alarm over reports of attacks on Bangladesh's Hindu minority immediately…
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Old photos of floating house in Malaysia falsely linked to Thai floods
Screenshot of the false Facebook post, taken August 27, 2024 Similar Facebook posts linked the photos to the floods in northern Thailand here, here and here. However, the house in the…
Old simulation video falsely shared as Japan earthquake in August 2024
Old footage from the Japanese government in 2016 simulating the potential effects of a powerful earthquake has been misrepresented online as showing the tremor that shook the country's…
Posts falsely depict old Japan quake photos as aftermath of August 2024 jolt
Screenshot of the false Facebook post, taken August 21, 2024 The post racked up more than 680 shares. Other Facebook pages such as here, here and here also shared the photos with the same…
Spanish bull festival celebration falsely shared as 'protest against Gaza situation'
A video of a crowd celebrating the opening of Spain's famous bullfighting spectacle has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in posts that falsely claimed it shows a protest in…
Old photo of monk serving Muslims food falsely linked to 2024 Bangladesh unrest
An old image of a monk serving food to Muslims has resurfaced in social media posts that falsely claimed it shows a Hindu priest who was killed by Islamists during the recent unrest in…
Old photo of Zelensky visiting eastern Ukraine falsely linked to Kyiv's offensive in Russia
Screenshot of the false X post, taken on August 14, 2024 The post emerged after Ukraine deployed thousands of troops in a major incursion into Russia's western Kursk region on August 6…
Posts falsely claim Alberta wildfires stop at national park
Screenshot of a Facebook post taken August 13, 2024 In 2023, social media users repeatedly claimed arsonists set Canada's record-breaking wildfires in an attempt to dramatize the effects…
Month-old timelapse video falsely linked to 'flooding in southern India'
Screenshot of the false X post, captured on August 8, 2024 The clip was shared after at least 108 people were killed after landslides triggered by pounding monsoon rains struck tea…
Post falsely claims to show protests over cost of living in Ethiopia
Ethiopia has recently embarked on significant macroeconomic reform that includes market-based foreign exchange trading, in a departure from its past policies. Although this has been…
Old report falsely shared as Indonesia plan to 'scrap cheap petrol'
Indonesia's state-owned oil company said on August 1 it had not received orders to stop selling a cheap brand of petrol, contrary to social media posts that claimed it would be pulled from…
Video of factory fire in Taiwan falsely shared as junta bombing in Myanmar border town
A video of a factory fire in southern Taiwan has surfaced in social media posts that falsely linked it to recent fighting between the Burmese military and ethnic rebels in Myanmar's…
Old photo of mock coffins in Karachi falsely linked to Pakistan tribal feud
An old photo of mock coffins carried by Shiite Muslims as part of a religious procession has resurfaced in social media posts that falsely claimed it showed victims of deadly tribal…
Post falsely claims to show bread sold by foreign shop owners in South Africa
Screenshot of the false X post, taken on July 29, 2024 Shared hundreds of times, the post includes a picture of a loaf of bread in a packet that appears to contain a rat. AFP Fact Check…
Unrelated clip falsely shared as ex-pro wrestler 'protesting India food stall order'
Screenshot of the false post on taken July 23, 2024 The video has also been shared alongside similar claims elsewhere on X and on Facebook. The posts surfaced days after police in Uttar…
Old photo of collapsed police officer falsely linked to China floods
As deadly floods hit swathes of China, an old photo resurfaced in social media posts that falsely claimed it showed a heroic policeman who collapsed after rescuing more than 50 people. The…
Old photos of crackdown on Kenyan sect falsely linked to anti-government rallies
For over a month, Kenya has seen anti-government protests that rights groups say have been met with disproportionate use of force by police. Amid this political crisis, a set of images…
Passive income scam falsely linked to Royal Bank of Canada
Screenshot taken July 12, 2024 from Facebook The post mimics several other passive income offers AFP has debunked. "This is a fraudulent ad. We encourage all consumers to be vigilant when…
Brazil flood video falsely shared as 'inundated city in northern Myanmar'
Screenshot taken on July 8, 2024 of the misleading post The same video was shared with a similar false claim about flooding in Myanmar on Facebook here and here. The footage shows flooding…
Old clip falsely portrayed as 'collapsing road in India's Ayodhya city in 2024'
As reports emerged that portions of a newly built road in the northern Indian city of Ayodhya caved in due to heavy rains in June 2024, an old video resurfaced in social media posts that…