Does a widely shared image show a nighttime photo of Mbabane, the capital city of Eswatini? No, that's not true: the city shown is Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (archived here) on September 6, 2021.
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Image Does NOT Show Two Bullets That ‘Collided’ During Battle Of Gallipoli
Does a viral image show two bullets that "collided" during the Battle of Gallipoli? No, that's not true: In addition to the lack of the expected rifling marks on one of the bullets, ballistics experts who reviewed the image were not convi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of Kamala Harris and Jeffrey Epstein Is NOT Real — It’s Photoshopped
Did Kamala Harris once pose for red carpet photos with Jeffrey Epstein? No, that's not true: On September 17, 2015, Kamala Harris and her husband Douglas Emhoff were photographed together at a black-tie dinner for the opening of the Broad
Top Fact Checks→ An edited image of a man hanging on to the wing of an aircraft to escape Afghanistan is shared on social media.
A photoshopped video posted by a Viatememse graphic designer is wrongly linked to the recent Taliban crisis.
Top Fact Checks→ An edited image of a man hanging on to the wing of an aircraft to escape Afghanistan is shared on social media.
A photoshopped video posted by a Viatememse graphic designer is wrongly linked to the recent Taliban crisis.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The Taliban DOES Have More Black Hawk Helicopters Than 166 Other Nations But The Images Do NOT Show A Combat-Ready Aircraft
Is it true the Taliban are now in possession of more Black Hawk helicopters than 166 other nations around the globe? Yes, but context partially changes the meaning of that. For instance, images of Taliban insurgents standing near Black Ha
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: These Images Do NOT Show Kabul After Taliban Took Control — They’re From Call Of Duty Video Game
Were images of a crashed helicopter and destroyed homes taken less than 24 hours after the Taliban took control of Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city? No, that's not true: The images are stills of multiplayer maps from the video game Call
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of A Walnut Is NOT The ‘Lungs Of A Marijuana User’
Is this the image of a marijuana user's lungs? No, that's not true: It's half of a walnut kernel. Also, this same post was in found in 2018 on a satirical Facebook account. The claim appeared in an August 5, 2021, Facebook post (archived
FactCheck.org→ Posts Show Manipulated Image of T-Shirt Held by DeSantis
Quick Take A manipulated image online shows Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holding a T-shirt reading, “Your mask is as useless as Joe Biden.” DeSantis and the White House have sparred, including on the issue of masks, but the original photo is f
Snopes→ Did Apple Say It Would Scan iPhones for Child Sexual Abuse Imagery?
The tech giant has previously resisted government and law enforcement calls for greater access to users' private data.
politifact.com/→ Viral image – Mail-in ballots approved in California before delta surge
“Due to the new ‘delta variant’ California will be mailing in ballots for recall election.”
politifact.com/→ Viral image – No, the delta variant doesn’t refer to 'deep sleep'
The “delta” in “delta variant” means “deep sleep.”
politifact.com/→ Viral image – Old photo shows Laurel Hubbard winning gold, but not at the Olympics
Photo shows Laurel Hubbard “winning the women's weight lifting competition” at the Olympics.
politifact.com/→ Viral image – Safer to be unvaccinated against COVID-19? In several ways, that’s False
It’s safer to be unvaccinated than vaccinated against COVID-19.
TruthOrFiction→ Lollapalooza Crowd 2021 Image
Between July 30 and August 1 2021, a purported photograph from the Lollapalooza 2021 music festival in Chicago went viral, hitting social media users a little differently against the backdrop of an ongoing pandemic. Perhaps the most prominent version w
politifact.com/→ Viral image – No proof man who filmed Capitol riot led it, or was antifa
“A known antifa member” dressed as a Donald Trump supporter “and caused the Capitol riot” on Jan. 6.
politifact.com/→ Viral image – Yes, George Washington ordered troops to be inoculated against smallpox during the Revolutionary War
“George Washington mandated smallpox vaccines for the Continental Army.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image of Flooded BMW With "F*ck You Greta!" Sticker Is NOT Real
Is a photograph showing a BMW car half submerged in floodwaters with a "F*ck you Greta!" sticker prominetly showing on the rear window real? No, that's not true: someone photoshopped the sticker onto a real image of a car flooded by water
Snopes→ The World’s Largest Mushroom Looks Nothing Like These Viral Images
Images of a humongous fungus actually show a Boletus photoshopus.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Image Of Giant Kittens Napping Is NOT A Mural — It’s Digital Art
Does this picture show a man walking past a super-realistic mural painted on a building featuring two kittens napping? No, that's not true: This is not a mural on a building. This image is part of a digital art series by Andrey Shcherbak.
Full Fact - All content→ Image shows a retreating wolf, not a protector
A Facebook post shows a picture of three wolves entitled ‘a fighting unit’. Underneath, a caption says “A she-wolf hides under a male. She doesn’t seem frightened by his opponent, but that’s only because she trusts her par
Full Fact - All content→ This isn’t a real image of the Northern Lights from space
An image claiming to show the Northern Lights from space has been going viral on Facebook. The post says the image comes “courtesy of NASA” which is true. But the image is not a real photo from space but a computer generation. As Snop
Full Fact - All content→ Nine in 10 girls did not say they’d been sent explicit images
Nine in 10 school-age girls are being subjected to indecent exposure on their phones, their iPads and computers. Maria Miller, 7 July 2021. During Prime Minister’s Questions last week, and on Twitter, the Conservative MP Maria Miller misinterpre
Snopes→ Is This ‘Bullet Bra’ Image Real?
The item was popular in the 1950s.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Image Of A Massive Highway Is NOT The Katy Freeway In Texas
Is an image that depicts a highway with some 20 lanes in each direction a photo of the Katy Freeway in Texas? No, that's not true: Although Lead Stories could not locate the origin of the image, it is not the Katy Freeway, the Federal Hig
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Viral image misrepresents photo of transgender high school wrestler
https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/jun/11/viral-image-misrepresents-image-trans-high-school-/ A ye
Top Fact Checks→ A viral image shows a 29-year-old man from Lucknow who failed the UPSC exams due to the reservation system.
The photo used in the viral post is of Sayeed Rimon, which is part of a Bangladeshi unemployment campaign. The caption about the cut-off is baseless.
Snopes→ Microsoft Says ‘Tank Man’ Image Blocking Due to Human Error
Microsoft Corp. blamed “accidental human error” for its Bing search engine briefly not showing image results for the search term “tank man.”
Snopes→ Does Microscopic Image Show ‘Smiley Faces’ in a Blade of Grass?
Sorry to turn that smile upside down.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: An Image Of An Alien Is NOT Hidden In Plain Sight On A Dollar Bill
Is there an image of an extraterrestrial or humanoid hidden in plain sight on a dollar bill, which will appear if you "change the contrast"? No, that's not true: This transformation of the Great Seal of the United States on a dollar bill
Liste→ These images are from different protests in Indonesia between 2016 and 2017, not 2021
Three photos have been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, along with a claim that they show tens of thousands of people rallied in Indonesia in support of Palestinians in May 2021. The claim is false. While h
Liste→ This image of people praying has circulated online since at least 2016
An image of people praying in the street has been shared in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts alongside a claim it shows Palestinian Muslims attending Friday prayers. The photo circulated online as the Israel-Palestinian conflict escalated. The im
Liste→ False posts misrepresent image of lung scan taken before wide Covid-19 vaccine roll-out
An image purporting to compare the lungs of person vaccinated against Covid-19 with someone who has not received the jab has been shared hundreds of times in multiple Facebook and Twitter posts. The claim is false: the image is unrelated to vaccina
Liste→ Image shows 2019 floods in Homa Bay county, not Kisumu county
A photo of two vehicles being swept away by floodwaters has been shared on Facebook with a claim that it was taken in the Nyando constituency in Kisumu county in Kenya. The post used the image to attack a local MP, blaming him for the poor state
Liste→ This altered image originally showed city mayors with a businessman, not a communist leader
An image that purports to show city mayors from the Philippines posing with the leader of the Community Party has been shared in multiple Facebook posts which claim the picture is evidence of links between the public officials and the communist party
Liste→ This image of the Giza Pyramids lit with the Palestinian flag is doctored
Images of Egypt's Pyramids of Giza lit with the colours of the Palestinian flag have been shared thousands of times on social media alongside claims that this was done as a tribute to Palestine. The photos appeared as fresh violence erupted between
Liste→ The image has been doctored to add a Palestinian keffiyeh scarf
As deadly violence escalated between Israel and Palestinian militants, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter posts shared a photo they claim shows Hollywood actress Kristen Stewart wearing a scarf she purportedly received from a Palestinian fan. The claim is
Liste→ The image has circulated online since at least 2016
A photo of hundreds of birds lying on the ground has been shared in social media posts that claim the creatures died of Covid-19 in India. The claim is false: the picture has been circulating online since at least 2016, years before India reported
Liste→ This image of New Zealand prime minister is a composite of two different photos
An image appearing to show New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hugging a man wearing the colours of infamous Kiwi gang the Mongrel Mob has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook. However, the image has been doctored; the picture of Ardern ha
Top Fact Checks→ A fake image of people carrying the body of a COVID-19 positive person on a bicycle is viral in India.
The viral photo of a man taking a cycle rickshaw with a dead body is from 2017, and it is incorrectly attributed to India's current COVID-19 crises.