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Screenshots from the video shared on social media in Cameroon and Togo on October 13. The caption reads: 'This is what happens to cars in the port of Douala.'

This theft took place in Mozambique, not in Togo or Cameroon as the internet reported

How do you verify a video claiming to show exclusive military footage, supposedly illustrating the tensions between the United States and Iran? The FRANCE 24 Observers team takes a look.

Were US warships filmed by an Iranian drone? Watch out for false military footage

This photo is said to show a 344-year-old tortoise who recently died. Our team decided to investigate – could this wild story possibly be true?

Does this photo really show a 344-year-old tortoise?

Screenshots of two different videos found on Chinese social media with the tag '#ThreeGorgesWaterMonster', circulating over the last few days.

Did a giant sea creature really surface from the depths of the Yangtze River?

True or fake? Here are some images that have been taken out of context.

From bomb attacks to a deadly blaze: The fake news coming out of South Africa

These three pictures have nothing to do with recent xenophobic violence in South Africa

Don’t be fooled by these fake videos of xenophobic attacks in South Africa

Screengrab of the "Hunting Spies" documentary, broadcast by Iran's "Press TV"

‘CIA agents spotted by Tehran’: An Iranian documentary’s false claims

South Sudanese colonel Angui Karbino Kuanyin was filmed shooting himself in the mouth with a rifle and a handgun.

South Sudan colonel shoots himself on video: how he faked it

Twitter users around the world shared a clip taken from the video game Grand Theft Auto V.

Footage of a pilot's heroics is actually from a video game

Outlets around the world ran with a fake story about a man attacked by a bear.

RUSSIA - KAZAKHSTAN

Mauled by a bear? Viral story in Russia is fake

Posts from far-right Facebook groups with the image of a bleeding woman went viral

GERMANY / FRANCE

Does this viral image actually show an old woman 'attacked by a migrant'?

Misleading photos claiming to show victims of the Sri Lankan bombings circulated online.

Misleading photos circulate online after Sri Lanka bombings

Several online accounts shared false or misleading claims about the Notre-Dame fire in Paris on Monday evening.

How to avoid falling for fake news about the Notre-Dame fire

Several videos claiming to show the cabin of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 moments before the crash circulated widely social media.

How to verify that these three viral videos aren’t from the Ethiopian Airlines crash

Misleading information published online in both Pakistan and India.

War of fake images erupts between India and Pakistan

Screengrabs of two videos that claim to show the American army about to carry out a military intervention in Venezuela.

People fall for videos claiming to show US army gearing up for assault on Venezuela

This video has sparked an enormous amount of confusion, which could have a serious impact on the careers of two different professional surfers. (Screengrab)

Why sharing this video of a surfer riding a huge wave will cost him money

A screengrab from the video of a "flying palm tree".

Debunked: No, this palm tree isn't magically floating in the air

Be careful before you share viral #10yearchallenge posts...

How the #10yearchallenge sparked lots of fake and misleading images

A series of photos showing dead bodies surrounded by a crowd have been circulating online in the past few weeks. These disturbing photos have been shared by Internet users and in newspapers in India and on the African continent.

Debunked: No, these are not images of 'Rohingya cannibals'

Several different websites shared a false news story about a group of Malian soldiers that had deserted while in Canada for training. The original story was a spoof published on a parody news site.

FAKE NEWS - MALI

How a spoof story about Malian soldiers deserting in Canada became 'fake news'

Video: When amazing nature shots are a bit too good to be true

This post was shared more than 37,000 times.

Does this viral photo really show the world’s smallest bird?

Some images that were shared online as showing the Yellow Vest movement in France have been manipulated or taken from another event.

Fake images of France’s ‘Yellow Vest’ protests spread abroad

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