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A false quote attributed to French far-right leader Marine Le Pen started circulating on Facebook in mid-March, right in the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic. (credit: France 24)

Did France's Marine Le Pen really say African leaders were banned from French hospitals? Nope.
Derek Thomson and Catherine Bennett are the presenters of "Truth or Fake" 2020, a 9-minute guide to verifying images online.

“Truth or Fake” 2020: 4 tips for detecting fake news online

In recent days, people in Zimbabwe have been circulating videos that they claimed showed police violently punishing people who didn’t respect measures enacted to halt the spread of COVID-19. It turns out, however, that this video is actually from 2019.

No, Zimbabwe police didn’t beat up people for skipping COVID isolation to go to mass
Medical staff in Iran tell the France 24 Observers that contrary to what is shown on state TV (down) they are battling the COVID-19 epidemic with a severe lack of equipment that leaves them in danger of being infected themselves.

"They only give us protective gear when TV cameras come": Iran's doctors say they're at risk
The first photo shows travellers confined on the university campus while the second image shows a teenager suffering from a panic attack. The final photo shows travellers waiting to pick up their passports before being able to go back home. (Photos by our

In Abidjan, travellers from France quarantined on a university campus “without soap or doctors”
Large numbers of Tunisians aren’t respecting the measures put in place to try to curb the spread of coronavirus. (Photos and screengrabs from social media)

Coronavirus continues to spread in Tunisia, despite mosque and café closures
On the left, a makeshift bed for a healthcare worker. On the right, a message left for a doctor who can't be in contact with his family. Photos from Twitter.

US doctors "self-isolate" to protect their families during COVID-19 pandemic
More than 10,000 French nationals are still stuck in a number of Moroccan airports. Source: Jonathan Thomas

Thousands of French tourists stranded in Moroccan airports by anti-coronavirus measures

These photos show a man dressed up as a hand sanitizer dispenser (Twitter).

COVID-19: Outcry in Saudi Arabia over photos of a man forced to dress up as a hand sanitizer dispenser
Many people who shared this video believed it showed people panicking in the Dakar Airport after hearing that someone on site had come down with Covid-19.

Debunked: People didn't really panic about a COVID-19 case at the Dakar Airport
Observers journalist Peter O'Brien debunks some viral videos on the topic of the coronavirus.

Outbreak of false information about COVID-19
The image on the left shows at least 56 body bags awaiting burial at a facility at the main cemetery in Qom. Right: a grave dug for coronavirus victims in Langeroud county in Gilan province, with concrete blocks to separate the bodies.

Authorities in Iran 'hiding' COVID-19 deaths by listing other causes on death reports
Screengrabs of a video and photos taken in Pazarkule on the border between Greece and Turkey.

Video: The daily life of migrants trapped at the Turkey-Greece border
Many Vietnamese users made their own versions of a government-produced coronavirus safety video that went viral on TikTok. (Screengrabs: @quynh2001, @im.quangdang, @haotho512)

Government clip inspires coronavirus 'safety dance' challenge in Vietnam

South Korea ramps up efforts to combat the coronavirus epidemic.

Food, water and masks: South Korea’s COVID-19 quarantine kits
Screengrabs of videos showing incidents that occurred in the Turkish cities of Samsun and Kahramanmaras.

Wave of violence breaks out against Syrians in Turkey
Sikhs organising langars – distributions of free food. Photo credit: DSGMC

India's Sikhs offer help to Muslim victims of New Delhi ethnic violence
Screengrabs from amateur videos showing Hindu participants in riots in Delhi that started on February 23, 2020.

Who are India’s RSS, the Hindu nationalists accused of inciting violence towards Muslims?
In amateur videos taken by demonstrators on 25 February, riot police protect the future construction site of the detention centre.

'A giant prison for migrants': Lesbos residents fight the construction of a new detention centre
From performing the traditional lion dance in their living rooms to imitating fireworks, Chinese people are finding inventive ways to beat the boredom of quarantine.

Balcony concerts and living-room vacations: how Chinese people are beating quarantine boredom
This video shows Chinese police officers using a fishing net to stop a man apparently running a fever.

Did Chinese police really use a fishing net to arrest a man with a high fever?
A video circulated widely on social media shows several young men dragging a manatee down the street in Nigeria. This aquatic mammal is an endangered species. (screengrabs)

Nigerians outraged by video of young men dragging a manatee down the street
Screengrabs of a video posted on social media in Cameroon that shows a man being deported from Turkey wrapped in plastic film. The woman on the right is wearing the uniform of a Turkish Airlines flight attendant.

‘They wrapped me up like a package’: A Cameroonian’s harrowing deportation from Turkey
Kosso wood cut into cants, or squared-off logs, being loaded onto trucks. Our Observer works for a Chinese company that buys wood from the Malian company Générale Industrie du Bois.

Legal loopholes allow endangered rosewood to be exported from Mali to China

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