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Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian showed photos of children killed in the early stages of the Iran war during his defiant speech at the UN General Assembly. But this image is AI-generated, and replaced the children's photo with synthetic visuals u.afp.com/AIPezeshkianUN…
An image shared by supporters of Australia Senator Pauline Hanson supposedly shows her working in her fish-and-chips shop in the late 1980s. But the “vintage” photo is in fact AI-generated. u.afp.com/S9q8
There is no evidence vaccination ingredients are triggering allergies to peanuts. Research shows peanut allergies develop less often when the nut is introduced early to a child's diet u.afp.com/S9Sx
Vaccines are sterilized to eliminate risk of parasites u.afp.com/S947
Donald Trump shared an image of Xi Jinping's red-carpet arrival to Washington that appears to have been altered using artificial intelligence, with an unflattering expression captured in live footage of the moment edited out u.afp.com/S9Gp
🇺🇸📨 🗳️ Misleading warnings over mail-in ballots circulate ahead of US midterms u.afp.com/S9SQ
Since July, nine women have been found dead in an area east of Johannesburg. A screenshot of a televised police briefing with a strapline depicting 10 victims circulated online. However, the image was altered. At the time, eight bodies had been found u.afp.com/S9pX
Online posts are sharing clipped footage of Hillary Clinton, falsely claiming the former US secretary of state told Taiwan to "abandon resistance". We reviewed the full interview and found she made no such remarks u.afp.com/S9ci
🇱🇰 Sri Lankan sprinter Fathima Shafiya Yamick's Asian Games exclusion has sparked rumours blaming religious reasons. But the posts share a fabricated graphic, and the country's athletics body said she was excluded over her previous performance record u.afp.com/S9qY
Online posts are falsely claiming the World Bank is stopping its supply of vaccines to cash-strapped Sri Lanka. But the global lender is not involved in providing jabs, while the false claim came from a newspaper headline that has since been corrected. u.afp.com/S9wQ
Videos including altered footage of interviews by Bill Gates and a fake article from the United Nations website are pushing a volatile cryptocurrency asset that experts caution can quickly lose value u.afp.com/S9SY
Protests flared in Austin after a US immigration agent shot and wounded a Venezuelan national. But one video claimed online to show tensions in the Texas capital is misrepresented. The footage shows an August demonstration in Jakarta, Indonesia u.afp.com/S9Sf
Social media posts claim this clip depicts a collision between Indian and Pakistani warships in the northern Arabian Sea in September 2026. But it actually shows a 2011 crash. u.afp.com/SjvB
This video circulating online as another CCTV recording of the deadly floods that struck Nepal-Tibet is a fabrication. It is based on an older, unrelated video and contains signs of visual manipulation. u.afp.com/AlteredNepalFl…
An infographic circulated online following a police scandal involving mishandled missing person cases on South Korea's Jeju island, describing it as a criminal hotspot. But details on the map did not match official records. u.afp.com/Sjvx
South Korean lawmakers are moving to increase protections for undocumented migrant children, but an AFP investigation found no proposed bill directly grants residency status or citizenship to foreigners. u.afp.com/Sjvq
Image of FBI director with trainees altered to shrink height u.afp.com/S94h
A quote circulating online claims a lawmaker from the ruling coalition told Pakistan's government not to "play with Imran Khan's life". But we found he never made the remark during parliamentary speeches featured in the circulating posts. u.afp.com/FakeBhuttoQuote
An old newsclip of a deadly explosion has resurfaced in false posts claiming a blast near the 2026 BRICS summit was concealed by Indian authorities. We traced the clip to a BBC report on the New Delhi blast in November 2025. u.afp.com/NotDelhiBlast
Authentic photos of Iowa Democratic candidate for governor Rob Sand wearing a facial covering exist, but this is not one of them. The image was altered from a photo where Sand is wearing neither a mask nor a face shield u.afp.com/IowaMask
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