Covid-19

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Since mid-May, locals from a Caracas neighbourhood, Venezuela have been delivering their news bulletins from their balconies. (Photos posted on Twitter by @LaCruzTVCaracas.)

Venezuelans defy censorship to broadcast their own news bulletins - from their balconies

The image on the right shows the family members of Covid-19 patients in a state of panic in front of Al-Hussein University Hospital. The photo on the right shows a crowd gathering in front of a truck transporting oxygen cylinders. (These screengrabs were t

Several dead as Iraq hospital treating Covid-19 patients runs out of oxygen

More than 300,000 people have gone to Covid-19 testing centres and hospitals in Beijing since June 13, when new cases of the coronavirus started popping up in the capital.

Thousands of Beijing residents queue for hours to get tested after new Covid-19 cases

A video that has been circulating online shows a scene from a 2003 TV series featuring a remarkably similar situation to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. (Screengrab from season 2, episode 14 of the show Dead Zone, entitled"Plague".)

Did an American TV series from 2003 really predict the Covid-19 pandemic?

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

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

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'

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

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

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

On the left, a tweet about a photo of apparent crowds of people in Bournemouth, UK. On the right, a photo by Philip Davali for Ritzau Scanpix.

Are people flouting social distancing rules? How photos can distort perspective

Screengrabs of several videos shared by the group Venezia Pulita on social media.

In a deserted Venice, animals take back the canals while locals hope for an end to mass tourism

There's been an explosion of fake news stories about discrimination towards Africans in China - and now about how Africans are taking revenge (screengrabs).

Debunked: The fake videos showing Africans retaliating against Chinese discrimination

In South Africa, police arrested a group of Muslims who ignored lockdown orders and met to pray together on the first day of Ramadan. During the arrest, one officer made comments widely considered to be disrespectful and blasphemous. (Screengrab)

South African police criticised for comments made while arresting Muslims who flouted lockdown

Lockdown orders have had a devastating effect on migrants from sub-Saharan Africa who were kicked out of Algeria and have been living in camps in the border town of Arlit, Niger.

Migrants in Niger protest seemingly endless quarantine

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…

Screengrabs of the video (below), which was filmed in Medellin, Colombia in mid-April.

Out of work and hungry, Colombians protest during Covid-19 lockdown

On the left, a man falsely claims that the Covid-19 pandemic is a lie. On the right, a protest against lockdown measures in Colorado, USA.

How the #FilmYourHospital movement is spreading lies about Covid-19

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

Contrary to their captions, none of these viral videos actually show violence committed against Africans in China because of rumours that they were spreading COVID-19. (Screengrabs)

Debunked: Fake videos purport to show violence against Africans in China

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