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Debunked: The false photos and videos that made their mark on 2020

Workers at Beirut’s port fled the giant fire that began September 10 in a warehouse containing motor oil and tires. (Screengrabs of a video posted on Twitter).

New fire at Beirut port causes panic among citizens already reeling from blasts

A fire at a Hindu temple in the Andhra Pradesh region of India in the early hours of Sunday September 6.

In India, fire at temple site stokes regional political hostilities

Volunteers make fabric pouches to replace the marsupial pouches; photos shared by members of the Facebook group "Animal Rescue Craft Guild".

The volunteers knitting pouches, mittens for Australia's burned koalas

Fake images of the wildfires in Australia have been circulating on social media. Our team took a look at five of these images that are getting a lot of traction.

Rescued koalas and kangaroos: five fake images from Australia's fires

A photo published on Instagram shows Anzac Bridge in Sydney shrouded in smoke. Source: @jadeshantiwest

‘The sun was red’: Sydney chokes under layer of smoke from bushfires

Over the past 40 years, thousands of homes have gone up in flames in Guinea’s Fouta-Djalon region and no one knows the source of these mysterious fires. This fire took place in the Gonkou District in September 2019. (Photos: Alpha Ousmane Aob Bah)

The mystery fires setting homes ablaze in remote Guinea

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

An environmental activist tries to use a branch with leaves to tamp down the raging forest fire. Source: Nakul M Dev, Facebook

Activists fight fire at tiger reserve with sandals and sticks as authorities delay

In pictures: Huge fire engulfs Los Angeles apartment complex

Serial arsonist strikes Los Angeles

Saudi girls jump from window as deadly blaze consumes school

Ordinary citizens battle massive Russian wildfires

Texas wildfires: 'The wall of flames came right up to the city limits'

Amateur footage of Shanghai high-rise inferno

Goodness gracious, great balls of fire!

"The government says everything's under control, but it's not true"

Moscovites throttled by wildfire smog

Heat wave and bushfires disrupt life in Moscow

Dhaka firefighters told "too dangerous" to reach deadly blaze

Jeddah’s architectural heritage goes up in smoke

Amateur video reveals chaos of fatal nightclub inferno

Burning car rescue caught on camera

An Olympic landmark goes up in flames… set off by a firework

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