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This video has previously circulated in reports about a fire at an airline office in Bangladesh

Published on 21 October 2019 at 10:00

A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim that it shows a copy of the Koran that survived a fire at a mosque in Indonesia’s Papua province. The claim is false; the video has previously circulated in reports about a collection of Korans which survived a fire at a Saudi Airlines office in Dhaka, Bangladesh in October 2019; a journalist in AFP's Dhaka bureau said a woman could be heard speaking about the fire in Bengali in the video; local media reports stated a fire gutted the Saudi Airlines office in Dhaka on October 1, 2019.

The video has circulated in media reports about an Indonesian student who pretended to be possessed after he attacked a traffic policeman

Published on 16 October 2019 at 11:10

A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts published in October 2019 alongside a claim that it shows a policeman strangling a protester to death. The claim is false; the video has circulated in media reports since September 2019 about a man who pretended to be possessed after he allegedly attacked a traffic police officer; one television report shows him speaking to police officers after he was detained.

These photos show an Indonesian ferry accident in July 2018

Published on 15 October 2019 at 11:15Updated on 15 October 2019 at 11:18

Three photos have been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook posts that claim they show a boat accident that happened in the seas of South Sulawesi, Indonesia on October 3, 2019. The photos have been shared in a misleading context; they show a boat accident that occurred in South Sulawesi’s waters more than one year earlier, in July 2018.

No, these photos show storm clouds in the US and a typhoon that hit Japan in 2018

Published on 15 October 2019 at 10:00

Five images have been shared tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim that they show Typhoon Hagibis hitting Japan in October 2019. The claim is false; one of the photos shows storm clouds in the US state of Delaware, and the others show Typhoon Trami, which hit Japan in September 2018.

This video shows teachers protesting an education scheme in India

Published on 15 October 2019 at 02:38

A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook that show four women burning a piece of cloth. One of them later caught fire. The posts were shared alongside a claim that they were protesting against the hijab in India. The claim is false; the video has been shared in a misleading context; it was included in Indian news reports about teachers protesting an education scheme in the northern Indian state of Punjab in 2010.

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