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A 19th century archive photo prompts online debate over teenage climate activist

AFP Australia Published on Monday 2 December 2019 at 03:50Updated on Wednesday 11 December 2019 at 10:48
A black and white photo has been shared tens of thousands of times in Twitter and Facebook posts which claim it is an image from 1899 showing Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. The image has sparked an online furore, with many posts claiming it proved Thunberg was a time traveller, others saying it was doctored, and still more claiming it was evidence of reincarnation. But the black and white photo has actually been held in the archives of the University of Washington Libraries since the 1960s. UW said the image had not been doctored and was taken in Canada in 1898 by photographer Eric A. Hegg, who documented the Klondike gold rush. Thunberg was born in Sweden in 2003.
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This magazine cover originated on a parody website

AFP Australia Published on Monday 30 September 2019 at 10:30
An image which purports to show teenage climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg topping a magazine list of the world’s highest-paid activists has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook and Twitter. But the claim is false; the purported magazine cover actually originated on a parody website; a spokesperson for Greta Thunberg told AFP she does not receive payment for her appearances or media engagements.
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This is a manipulated image from a French parody website; it originally showed Greta Thunberg with Al Gore

AFP Australia Published on Thursday 26 September 2019 at 04:01
An image has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Twitter and Facebook which purports to show teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg with Hungarian-born American financier George Soros. The claim is false; the image has been manipulated from a photo of Thunberg with former US Vice President Al Gore. 
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