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Screengrab of a Facebook post.

Minnesota police did NOT accidentally arrest a black FBI agent... But the man was mistakenly detained
These tweets claim that The Simpsons predicted the current protests sweeping the United States after the murder of George Floyd.

No, The Simpsons didn’t predict the murder of George Floyd or the protests sweeping the United States
On the left, a tweet calling for more kindness during the George Floyd protests. On the right, one of the images from that same tweet - photo by Johnny Nguyen.

As viral photo resurfaces, a reminder that Devonte Hart was victim of reported racial abuse
The Clean Sea Operation (in French, "Opération Mer Propre") picked up dozens of surgical masks and latex gloves during two dives this weeked.

Sea clean-up in France shows pollution from Covid-19 pandemic
Dozens of Senegalese truck and van drivers were stranded in the province of Western Sahara when Morocco closed its borders with Mauritania March 18.

Pandemic traps Senegalese truckers in desert on Morocco-Mauritania border
Left: The bus station in San Antonio del Táchira (photo by Yurkys Rosario). Right: The "Los Caracas" holiday resort. (photo by Neo Mendoza). These sites are both being used to house Venezuelans who have returned to their country during the pandemic.

How Venezuela is managing the flood of expats returning in the middle of the pandemic
The image on the left shows Neo Mendoza on the road in Peru. The image on the right shows Eduardo Azuaje’s group on the road in Colombia.

By bus or on foot: the long road home for Venezuelans stuck abroad during the pandemic
Dozens of Senegalese truck and van drivers were stranded in the province of Western Sahara when Morocco closed its borders with Mauritania March 18.

Pandemic traps Senegalese truckers in desert on Morocco-Mauritania border
An amateur video showing people wearing masks dancing together in a hospital room sparked a lot of conversations on social media.

Where was the video showing “people ill with Covid-19” dancing in a hospital really filmed?
Images sent by our Observers. On the left, a crowd of residents of the camp watch a protest calling for their freedom. On the right, the barbed wire encircling the camp.

Migrants forced to stay in Cyprus camp despite easing of Covid-19 lockdown
Students protesting on 19 and 20 May in schools in Ra'anana (left) and Modiin (right). Screen captures from Twitter.

Female students in Israel banned from school after wearing shorts in a heatwave
These photos and videos were captured by residents of a French centre for migrants run by Adoma in April and May 2020.

France’s overcrowded centres for migrant workers turn deadly during pandemic
One of the photos published by parkour star Alireza Japalaghi on his Instagram account.

Iranian parkour star arrested for racy kiss photos
Social media users across India were horrified by videos showing patients being treated in beds right next to the bodies of Covid-19 victims in several Mumbai hospitals.

Videos show Indian hospitals treating Covid-19 patients next to dead bodies
At left, a screengrab from an amateur video posted May 7, 2020 showing a man sheltering Kabul Mayor Mohammad Dawood Sultanzoy with an umbrella. At right, messages by Afghan web users mocking the mayor for having an "aristocratic attitude".

Umbrella scandal in Kabul: video sparks criticism of mayor’s 'aristocratic attitude'
A video that circulated widely on social media after a friendly fire incident by the Iranian navy May 10, 2020 in fact shows a naval exercise in Norway in 2013.

No, this video does not show a friendly fire incident by the Iranian navy
Photos of migrants spray-painted sent by anonymous sources for No Name Kitchen. Their faces have been blurred to keep them anonymous.

Croatian police accused of spray-painting migrants’ heads in latest episode of border violence
These photos, which show food being distributed, are from the "Navajo and Hopi families Covid-19 relief" Facebook page.

While waiting for federal aid, Navajos work to save most vulnerable from Covid-19
During the pandemic, Muslims in India have been accused of everything from breaking stay-at-home orders by organising nighttime prayer gatherings (centre image) to licking utensils in a deliberate attempts to spread Covid-19.

'CoronaJihad': Fake news in India accuses Muslims of deliberately spreading Covid-19
Attendees at this drive-in concert in Lithuania posted these photos on Facebook.

Lithuanians flock to drive-in concerts, the new social-distancing event
These are screengrabs from two videos filmed in the Loreto Regional Hospital in Iquitos, Peru, in late April. This hospital has been treating patients with coronavirus.

Peruvian hospitals hit by double crisis of Covid-19 and dengue fever
Left: Sofia Talouni, a trans woman originally from Morocco, "outed" a gay man in an April 10 Instagram Live feed, saying she wanted to expose hypocrisy and homophobia in Moroccan society. Right: Talouni's example prompted a wave of outings in Morocco.

Gay Moroccans outed in the midst of coronavirus lockdown
This montage shows fake posts on Facebook or WhatsApp by a disinformation network based in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Who is behind the fake news campaign around Covid-19 in DR Congo?
Amateur videos circulating on social media in Afghanistan show bodies of Afghan migrants drowned in the Harirud river on the border with Iran on May 1, 2020. Survivors say they were forced into the river by Iranian border guards.

Investigation: videos reveal location of mass drowning on Iran-Afghan border
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