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Migrant caravan faces false accusations as it crosses Mexico

Was a British Airways plane attacked by a flock of birds, which included eagles? These photos have fed a hoax that was already very popular in Nigeria last year.
DEBUNKED

No, a flock of birds did not attack an airplane
Two versions of the same video on Facebook have been viewed almost 20 million times. They show nuns dancing to two different soundtracls: one by the death metal techno band Phuture Doom, the other by Polish Christian children’s group Male TGD.
DEBUNKED

Nuns dancing to hardcore techno? Sadly... no
Were the Minions inspired by the Nazis as many social media posts claim? Or is it too crazy to be true? Indeed – it is a hoax.
DEBUNKED

The Minions hoax that won’t go away
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DEBUNKED

'Two oceans meet but don’t mix': What does this viral video really show?
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Elephant helps a baby lion? It’s cute – but it’s a hoax
A cat watches a video of his owner and snuggles up to the telephone when he hears his voice. It’s really cute… but it’s also not true.
DEBUNKED

Did this cat really cuddle up to a video of his former owner – or is it a hoax?

Did climate march participants really litter the streets of Paris?
DEBUNKED

Trash everywhere after Paris climate march? Not true…
Framegrab of the video.
Debunked

Why are Iranians so ready to believe there are bugging devices in their trees?

These three old photos were recently shared on social media with misleading captions. Unfortunately, few people bothered to find out the real story behind these photos.
DEBUNKED

Archive photo + new, false caption = successful hoax
This photo of former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was widely shared on social media in Turkey in August 2018, with captions saying he is working as a shepherd.
Iran-Turkey

No, Iran’s ex-president Ahmadinejad is not a shepherd
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SAUDI ARABIA

Does this show the former pope in Mecca? No, and here’s why
Online, many people claimed that the media had doctored or misused these images in order to stir up sympathy for migrants. (The image on the left is a photo while the other images are screengrabs from a video).
DEBUNKED

No, journalists did not stage these images to draw sympathy for migrants

According to several different posts, an 'African migrant' managed to reach the United States by clinging on to an airplane. Unsurprisingly, this story isn’t true.
FAKE

Internet falls for story of migrant who got to the US clinging on to a plane
On the left, the Croatian president. On the right, not the Croatian president.
FAKE

No, that's not the president of Croatia in those viral bikini photos
This video supposedly showed cannibalism occuring in the English-speaking part of Cameroon. However, it is totally fake (screengrab).
CAMEROON

No, people are not eating human flesh in Cameroon
In China, people thought that this clip showed a supernatural phenomenon – but in the end it turned out that these images came from an advertisement. (Screengrab of video)
CHINA

Chinese ad makes people think they're seeing god
The video of these people destroying solar panels with hammers and sticks was shared online with a false caption. Source: Climate Samurai, YouTube
FAKE

Fake post claims Indian villagers smashed solar panels because they feared angry gods
Screen grabs from the video below.
DEBUNKED

This video does NOT show ‘Muslims attacking cars in Birmingham’

Screengrab of a video made by a German advertising firm that shows ducks stopping at a red light.
DEBUNKED

A playful video of ducks on a city street is doctored. Should we care?
Screenshot of a video of the so-called "plactic eggs".
INTOX

No, the Chinese aren’t trying to poison us with plastic eggs
Several Israeli news sites published a satellite photograph that they said showed an Iranian military airfield inside Syria
Israel-Iran

An Iranian air base inside Syria? No - Israeli media use wrong photo
Figures from the pro-Trump alt-right in the US were quick to associate her with radical Islam.
Debunked

YouTube shooter’s online posts: No, she was not a radical Muslim

A video is circulating online with claims that a man seen jumping off a balcony was a Saudi prince who committed suicide in a London airport.
DEBUNKED

Did a Saudi prince really commit suicide at London's Heathrow?
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