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Published on 25/02/2022

2015 footage shows a Mongolian union leader who set himself on fire over Chinese coal mine takeover

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Published on 17/02/2022

Old videos of Myanmar balloon festival shared in false posts about '2022 New Year's disaster'

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Published on 17/02/2022

Photo shows child rescued in Syria after 2018 air strike — not 'Moroccan boy trapped in well'

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Published on 16/02/2022

This video shows the eruption of Anak Krakatau volcano in 2018, not 2022

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Published on 10/02/2022

False posts misrepresent photo of injured child as 'Moroccan boy trapped in well'

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Published on 31/01/2022

Old video of warehouse fire falsely shared as footage of 2022 Houthi attack in Abu Dhabi

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Published on 26/01/2022

Photo of old bus crash resurfaces with false claims of 39 deaths in Addis Ababa

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Published on 26/01/2022

Old video of call to prayer misleads after Pakistan blizzard tragedy

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Published on 25/01/2022

Photo of logs piled outside house in Malaysia is from 2013 — not December 2021

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Published on 25/01/2022

Video shows earthquake in Indonesia's Sulawesi island in 2018, not Java in 2022

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Tonga tsunami
Published on 25/01/2022

This video shows large waves hitting a building in the Canary Islands, not Tonga

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Tonga tsunami
Published on 21/01/2022

Tonga hit by volcanic eruption, not nuclear blast

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Tonga tsunami
Published on 21/01/2022

These photos circulated in reports before the Tonga volcano eruption

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Published on 21/01/2022

Digital animation falsely shared as 'actual video of Tonga volcano eruption'

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Published on 20/01/2022

This video is a simulation of a volcanic eruption -- it was not filmed in Tonga

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Published on 20/01/2022

Dialling 999 and pressing 55 to call for help in 'silent’ emergencies works in the UK, not SA

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Published on 20/01/2022

Footage of fire drill at Bangladesh airport shared as genuine emergency

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Climate
Published on 20/01/2022

These images circulated before the 2022 Tonga volcanic eruption and tsunami

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Published on 19/01/2022

Old video of excavator truck accident shared in misleading posts about 2022 Pakistan blizzard

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Published on 18/01/2022

Video shows TV prank disaster in Palestinian Territories, not cable car fire in China

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Published on 18/01/2022

Video has circulated in reports since 2019 about Italian volcano eruption — not Tonga eruption

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Published on 17/01/2022

Video has circulated online since December 2021 in posts about Indonesian social media trend

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Published on 17/01/2022

This video shows snow-trapped mother and child rescued in Indian-administered Kashmir, local police say

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Published on 12/01/2022

Nigerian social media users falsely claim that two videos show an alleged Indonesian plane crash

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Published on 11/01/2022

This video has circulated since 2020 in reports about flooding in Turkey

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Vaccines
Published on 10/01/2022

Authorities say no vaccines stored in Italy’s Carabinieri police barracks when fire started

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Published on 07/01/2022

This footage does not show a 'tsunami hitting Australia'

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Published on 28/12/2021

Photos of Vietnamese girl who survived acid attack misrepresented as survivor of deadly fire in China

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