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This broadcast first aired on an Albanian TV channel years before the COVID-19 pandemic

AFP Hong Kong Published on Tuesday 21 April 2020 at 04:55
A video of two Albanian female news anchors wearing revealing jackets on-air has been viewed tens of thousands of times on Twitter alongside a claim that they dressed promiscuously in a bid to persuade people to stay indoors during the COVID-19 pandemic. The claim is false; the footage first aired on an Albanian TV channel years before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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This virtual image was created by an artist in New South Wales, Australia -- it's not a real photo

AFP Australia Published on Wednesday 8 January 2020 at 04:45
An image that shows a masked girl holding a koala while a large fire rages in the background has been shared tens of thousands of times in multiple posts on Twitter and Instagram published in January 2020. The posts claim the photo shows a scene in Australia during the country's deadly bushfires. The claim is false; the posts show a virtual image created by an Australian artist using several photos.
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The woman in the video is not Greta Thunberg

AFP Brasil, AFP Hong Kong Published on Friday 27 December 2019 at 04:47
A video of a woman shooting a gun has been viewed millions of times on Twitter alongside an English-language claim that the woman is Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. The claim is false; the footage actually shows a Swedish engineer, who confirmed with Brazilian media she was the one featured in the video, which she posted on Twitter before it went viral on social media.
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