This photo shows a 1997 music festival in Berlin
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- Published on September 2, 2020 at 05:10
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- By Taylor THOMPSON-FULLER, AFP New Zealand and Pacific Islands
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The image was published on this New Zealand-based Facebook page on August 31, 2020.
The Facebook post's caption reads in part: “Yesterday in Berlin. 5 million from all over Europe gathering for up to 5 days or more as they demand their government to resign for the Unite for Freedom Rally…”
On August 29, 2020, thousands protested in Berlin against coronavirus restrictions before they were stopped by police for violating social distancing regulations, AFP reported here.
The photo has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook alongside a similar claim here, here and here . The claim was also circulating in Spanish, as AFP reported here.
The claim, however, is false.
A reverse image search on Google found the photo published here on July 12, 1997, by Berlin-based aerial photography agency Euroluftbild.
The photo was taken here near the Strasse des 17 Juni.
Its caption states: “Participants of the Loveparade at Ernst-Reuter-Platz - Strasse des 17. Juni music festival on the event concert site in the Charlottenburg district in Berlin, Germany”.
Below is a screenshot comparison of the image in the misleading post (right) and the 1997 photo from Euroluftbild (left):
Other photos from the 1997 edition of Love Parade, an annual music festival in Berlin, can be seen here and here on Euroluftbild’s website.
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