An image of Copacabana beach in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro jammed with pilgrims during Pope Francis’ visit in July 2013 has resurfaced with the false claim that it shows a crowded beach in China.
“Beach in China, if you lose your child, I guess, you just have to make another one,” reads a tweet sharing the image (here) (archive.is/zXFRs).
Additional Reuters pictures of the Rio beach during the pope’s visit can be seen (here), (here), (here).
The same image circulated in 2018 falsely described as depicting overpopulation in China, according to AFP (here).
Image shows Copacabana beach in Brazil in 2013, not a beach in China.
Persons:
Pope Francis ’, Pope Francis, ”, Read
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Facebook, Reuters, AFP
Locations:
Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro, China, “, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Rio, Brazil