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Left: Capitol police retreat as a mob approaches the Capitol January 6, 2021. Right: An officer fist bumps a protester and Trump supporter inside the Capitol building.

Amateur images capture failed police response to US Capitol siege

petroglyph park taser incident

US park ranger tases Native American man after walking off-trail at ancestral site

West Bank Concert

Angry group breaks up Palestinian DJ’s concert at historic West Bank site

Antifa football match

USA: Seattle police shut down Antifa football match

Caravans of Trump supporters in their vehicles were spotted in Texas (left), New Jersey (center), and New York (right) the weekend before the US presidential election.

US voters face intimidation ahead of presidential election by caravans, armed militias, rallies

Both candidates in the 2020 US elections have been purveyors and victims of misinformation this election cycle. (Screenshots: Twitter)

The top pieces of misinformation spread in the lead up to the US election

On October 24, hundreds of people raided the contents of a warehouse said to contain undistributed Covid-19 aid in Jos, Nigeria. (Screenshot: Twitter)

'Suffering and starving': In Nigeria, citizens raid warehouse full of undistributed aid

22-year-old Asrar Usmani climbing a building to save a cat trapped on a ledge in September 2019 (Credit: Twitter)

Meet the ‘Spiderman of Bangalore’ who risks his life to save trapped cats, dogs, monkeys and more

Left: Posts shared online claimed NBA team buses were used to transport BLM protesters. Right: A photo posted by the Toronto Raptors of their bus wrapped in support of BLM (Photo credit: Toronto Raptors/Twitter).

No, these private buses are not transporting BLM protesters to US demonstrations

On August 23, residents of Standerton, South Africa dumped their uncollected refuse on the street in front of the Lekwa municipal building (Photo: Twitter).

South Africa: Streets of Standerton strewn with rubbish as municipal workers strike for PPE

Left: Kyle Rittenhouse has been arrested for shootings during a Kenosha, Wisconsin protest on August 25. Right: Armed civilians protect a petrol station from looting during the third night of protests August 25.

Eyewitness to Wisconsin shootings: 'He came with a gun and was picking fights'

Left: A video showing a civilian carrying a stick in defence as gunshots are heard in the background. Right: An IPOB member with a gunshot wound after the clash. (Source: Twitter.)

Nigeria: New clashes after security forces break up meeting of Biafran separatists

Piles of expired tapenade containers were found dumped in several different locations around northern France (Photo: Association Mormal Forêt Agir/Facebook)

Why were hundreds of expired Carrefour products dumped in a forest in northern France?

In a video that has gone viral, a mob reciting Hindu nationalist slogans beats a man lying on the ground, even as a police officer arrives. (Photos: Twitter)

Latest ‘cow vigilante’ attack in India: Beaten for shooing cows away from their field

From August 11 to 13, volunteers joined the Ardennes Fishing Federation to clear the carcasses of tonnes of fish found in the Aisne river (Photos: Fédération de pêche des Ardennes/Facebook).

Tonnes of dead fish cleaned from French river after Nestlé spill: 'A spectacle of desolation'

Left: Youth volunteers protect a Hindu temple during riots on August 11. Right: The mob set fire to buildings and vehicles until 1 a.m. (Photos: Twitter)

India: Human chain protects Hindu temple amid riots over Facebook post

Protesters in Belarus used vehicles as a protest tool by blocking streets and honking to show their support (Source: Hanna Liubakova/Twitter)

Belarus protesters use vehicles to block police from demonstrations over 'rigged election'

Photos and videos manipulated to include missiles or drones have been shared widely on social media. (Photos: Twitter)

Misinformation spreads after Lebanon blast: Missile, drone, nuclear warhead?

On Aug. 2, a walker happened across the butchered body of a dolphin on a beach in La Torche, France. (Photo: Sea Shepherd/Facebook)

Why are butchered dolphins washing ashore in France's Brittany?

Videos posted on Facebook on August 1 showed a group of migrants carrying a body on a makeshift stretcher until an ambulance arrived.

Cameroonian migrant killed in Morocco after police find forest encampment

Funerals followed an attack on the village of Gora Gan on July 20. (Photo: Twitter/Steven Kefason)

Videos of Nigerian wedding massacre, mass burials go viral amid call for end to ethnic violence

Highways were backed up with cars on July 26 following an announcement that eight of Morocco’s cities would be closed off to prevent the spread of Covid-19. (Photo: Facebook)

In Morocco, lockdown of major cities clogs roads ahead of holiday weekend

The Tomb of Al Zahir Qansuh (centre) amid the rubble of demolished mausoleums. (Youssof Osama/Facebook.)

Graves in Egypt relocated and demolished to make space for a highway

After two weeks of inmates communicating through their cell windows with activists outside, officers covered the windows with screens. (Photos from Facebook/Bradley County Incarcerated Resolutions)

US jail covers windows after inmates share messages denouncing sanitary conditions

Videos of federal law enforcement officers using unmarked vans were posted online July 15. (Video posted on Twitter)

In Portland, US federal officers in unmarked vans respond to protests with tear gas

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