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Afghan police published a video claiming it shows their attacks on the Taliban, but it is actually a video of an American training exercise.

Afghan Police published US Marines video presented as their army striking the Taliban

The Ghazanchesots Cathedral (shown at left) and the Gandja market (at right) were the two civilian structures bombed during the ongoing fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh.

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Civilians describe daily toll as war rages in Nagorno-Karabakh

Nearly every day, crowds gather in front of currency exchange offices in Iran.

Violence, suicide and addiction: an unprecedented economic crisis plunges Iranian society into chaos

These videos aim to prove that carbon dioxide trapped in face masks when we exhale constitutes a health hazard – but the science says otherwise.

Online videos falsely claim that face masks can cause CO2 poisoning

This image shows a rap battle between two young rappers in Tehran in 2019.

Iran’s rap battles: youth with a 'pure love' for rap

Left, the 2020 edition of the math textbook where girls have been removed. Right, the 2019 of textbook before girls were removed.

Iranian publishers remove images of girls from math textbook, parents add them back

People were circulating a series of videos online, claiming that they showed Pakistani extremists uprooting trees that they thought were “un-Islamic”. Turns out, that’s not the real story.

Did extremists in Pakistan really uproot “un-Islamic” trees?

A photo posted by an Iranian fisherman shows a Chinese trawler in Iranian territorial waters.

In Iran, Chinese trawlers are damaging marine ecosystems and the livelihood of local fishermen

Supporters of the Iranian regime circulate fake video to sway public opinion against activists sentenced to death

Pro-regime Iranians circulate fake video to promote the death sentence for three activists

Many hospitals in Iran no longer have enough beds for Covid-19 patients and have started treating them in car parks. This photo was taken on July 6 in Masih Daneshvari Hospital in Tehran. (Photo: Mohammad Masoumian.)

Second wave of Covid-19 sweeps Iran, 'affecting the elderly, young and children' (1/2)

When police in Azerbaijan arrested a man for not respecting lockdown measures, angry local residents started throwing rubbish at them. The police responded by violently arresting several people. (screengrabs from Facebook).

Police in Azerbaijan clamp down violently after residents throw garbage at them

One of the photos published by parkour star Alireza Japalaghi on his Instagram account.

Iranian parkour star arrested for racy kiss photos

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

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

Images of poultry farmers destroying stocks of chicks caused controversy on social networks in Iran. One farmer told the France 24 Observers his colleagues have no other choice, because the COVID-19 pandemic has hit demand and caused feed prices to rise.

Iranian poultry farmers bury thousands of chicks alive as Covid-19 hits demand

Rumours that Covid-19 could change people’s skin colour started circulating online after Chinese media broadcast these images.

Did these Chinese doctors’ skin turn black after getting Covid-19? There’s more to this story…

Iranian users publish photos of poorly-equipped schools in Iran, asking how online learning is possible in regions without internet or even TV.

In Iran, poverty and lack of internet make distance learning impossible

Images of women doing the splits during a challenge organised by a supermarket chain in Iran.

Supermarket’s 'splits challenge' too sexy for Iranian authorities

Left: Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki during an Instagram broadcast showed a photo of what he said was an Iranian nurse. Right: The photo in fact showed Amanda Ramalho, a Brazilian nurse who posts on Instagram.

Iran health minister's photo of heroic Iranian nurse actually comes from Brazil

Images circulating on social media in Iran show riots and prison breaks at prisons in Tabriz (left), Ahvaz (centre) and Saqqez (right).

No water, no soap and crowded cells: COVID-19 fears spark riots in Iran’s prisons

Many Iranians are pointing the finger at fake healers for the widespread propagation of Covid-19 in Iran.

Prophet’s perfume and flower oil: how Islamic medicine has made Iran's Covid-19 outbreak worse

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 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

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