A meme that has been shared online since at least December 2016 claims that CNN used pictures of the same girl in its coverage of different refugee crises, suggesting the photographs were staged.
In fact, they were all taken by the same photographer on the same day after an airstrike in Syria, and there is no evidence CNN misused them.
The text reads: “When CNN uses the same girl in 3 different Refugee Crisis pictures being saved by 3 different men.”Examples can be seen (here), (here), (here).
The image search revealed no evidence that CNN has used the photos to depict any refugee crisis.
There is no evidence that CNN used these images to cover different events.
Persons:
Ameer al, Abdalrhman Ismail, Read
Organizations:
CNN, AFP, Reuters
Locations:
Syria, Aleppo