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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

Left: A ton of wheat pledged by dairy farmer Régis Desrumaux. The bag is decorated to show French solidarity with Lebanon. Right: Vincent Guyot, a grain farmer in France, launched the initiative to collect wheat for Lebanon.

French farmer launches initiative to send wheat to Lebanon

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?

Left: Injured people being treated in the parking garage of an overcrowded hospital following a massive explosion Aug. 4 in Beirut. Right: chaos in the halls of St. Joseph Hospital, where the wounded were treated on the ground and in hallways.

Explosion in Beirut: hospitals overwhelmed in the distressed capital

Wouroud Kanju is the latest victim of the arms and drugs trafficking that is rampant in Shatila camp. (Screengrabs from security footage)

Young mother shot dead amid growing insecurity in Lebanon’s Shatila camp

Screengrabs of some of Adham Al Sayed’s videos, which show daily life in Wuhan under quarantine.

Meet the Lebanese student who decided to stay in Wuhan despite Covid-19

The Guinean man who created a film about migration; yoga for refugees in Lebanon; an anti-migrant militia in the United States.

Our Observers' top stories on migration in 2019

Photo of the metal barricades surrounding the Lebanese Parliament in Beyrouth. (Photo: Annahar)

Lebanon's 'wall of shame' built to keep protesters away from parliament

Screengrabs of the video that Zahra Fardoon shared on her page.

Video of Syrians withdrawing money in cash-strapped Lebanon stirs anger

These two sceengrabs were taken from a video filmed by a Lebanese man whose bank wouldn’t let him make a deposit in Lebanese pounds.

Video shows Lebanese bankers refusing local money amid economic crisis

Outcry over a suggestive photo of a Lebanese man posing with his Kazakh colleague led Kazakh workers at the CCC plant in Tenqiz to attack their Arab co-workers.

Arab expats attacked in Kazakhstan after employee posts suggestive photo

Refugees in Beirut were evicted from their building on May 22, 2019.

Eviction of refugees from Beirut building sparks xenophobic comments online

Photos shared on social media show people carrying fuel canisters across the snow-laden camp, and on the right, makeshift buildings in snow.

Plea for aid as heavy snow hits refugee camps in Lebanon

Screengrab from the video below, which was produced by the women's rights NGO Abaad.

In Beirut experiment, passers-by shame actress posing as rape victim

A local filmed this video of a river carrying enormous amounts of waste, in the working-class area of Hay el Sellom to the south of Beirut.

A river of waste runs through a Beirut suburb

Screengrab of a video showing two transgender women being assaulted in Jounieh, a town in northern Lebanon on July 18, 2018.

Trans women attacked in Lebanon in broad daylight

Screengrab of the parody website Eleguns, which pretends to let customers choose a shooter to fire celebratory gunshots on their wedding day.

Lebanon NGO's mock campaign to end 'gunshot' weddings

Screen capture from the site "MaybeHere".

'MaybeHere': the website helping to find missing migrants

Screengrab of a video about how to use a condom, featuring Hamed Sinno and Yumna Ghandour. (Source: Marsa)

'How do you put on a condom?' The Lebanese video breaking taboos

At Kahwetna, which means "our café", young people from historically divided neighbourhoods in Tripoli, Lebanon meet, talk to each other and come to find out how much they actually have in common with their so-called enemies.

The Lebanese café where former enemies meet for coffee

Screengrab of a televised debate between two young people trained by Munathara.

The programme teaching Arabic speakers to debate

Lebanon’s lucrative trade in wild animals

The website tracking street harassment in Lebanon

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