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The Observers

Investigation: The deadly attacks on Syrian truffle hunters by the Islamic State group

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‘Daughters of Anarchy’: Iranian women fight for the right to ride motorbikes

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What's behind this fake advert calling on North Africans to fight in Ukraine to get EU citizenship

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Watch out, this isn’t a real American ad campaign calling for homeless people to fight in Ukraine

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Foreign students in Northern Cyprus: False promises and disillusion

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Sudan: Desperate civilians take up arms to defend themselves against militias in Darfur

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Iranian security forces demolish street cafes in Ekbatan, bastion of protest movement

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How volunteers in Sudan are burying unknown victims of the conflict

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Fed up with gang violence, Haitians are taking the law into their own hands

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Truth or Fake 2023: image verification in the age of AI and video games

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MH370: Why these two videos don't show what happened to the lost plane

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Why these images do not prove that Vladimir Putin sent a 'body double' to Mariupol

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No, the Ukrainian president did not write a book called 'Mein Kampf'

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Debunked: Images of clashes between Israeli, Palestinian armed groups taken out of context

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A police station or a high school? Deadly clashes in Senegal as locals and gendarmes dispute land use

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How both sides in Sudan claim to be cracking down on gang violence and looting

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Parties in Kyiv nightclubs in the midst of war? Watch out for these misleading images

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Western travel influencers who come to Syria (left) use the services of tour guides authorised by, or even close to, Bashar Al-Assad's government (right, Giath Al Farrah, Deputy Minister of Tourism). The FRANCE 24 Observers team was able to identify several of these guides.
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How 'apolitical' Western Youtubers help push Syrian propaganda

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Why is there a Chinese police car patrolling the streets of Douala, Cameroon ?

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How EU-made shotgun cartridges ended up being used to repress protests in Iran

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Haiti: In the grip of the gangs

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New law targets voyeurism and 'upskirt photography' in Japan

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Sudan: In absence of humanitarian aid, citizen initiatives attempt to help victims of violence

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No, this isn’t a recent video of Bashar al-Assad walking freely through Damascus

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Janjaweed militias rampage through Darfur, adding to conflict chaos in Sudan

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South Africa: Refugees camping out to demand resettlement evicted from UNHCR premises

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How Iranian authorities are cracking down on unveiled women

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Hunters in Lebanon use automatic rifles to gun down dozens of rare birds ‘for fun’

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The Hindu festival of Ram Navami sparked anti-Muslim riots across India

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No, this robot didn't collapse from exhaustion after 'a long day's work'

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Are fighting robots being manufactured in the United States? Nope, it’s special effects

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What do we know about these images of Taiwanese people carrying Nazi flags?

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How Iranian authorities are cracking down on unveiled women

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