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☆ Fact Check: No evidence convicted Jan. 6 protester is a federal agent
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A photo of a protester who was convicted for participating in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has been shared in online posts that claim, without evidence, that it shows a federal agent. Another post (archived) sharing the image on Facebook said it shows a federal agent disguised as a Trump voter. Page 9 shows Lyons filming as he walked around then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office. One clip shows Lyons starting at the 0:21 timestamp zipping his outer sweatshirt with the object in hand (see video titled “0177USCH01HallofColumnsSouthDoor_2021-01-06_14h49min32s983ms_1.mp4”). The image shows Kevin Lyons, a convicted participant of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Persons: “, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Kevin James Lyons, Lyons, Nancy Pelosi’s, Ryan J, Reilly, reshared, Lyons ’, Kevin Lyons, Read Organizations: U.S . Capitol, Capitol, Facebook, Trump, Attorney’s, District of Columbia, MAN, Administration, NBC, Twitter, WBBM, CBS, FBI, Reuters, Thomson Locations: an Illinois

☆ Fact Check: 2013 Egypt hospital attack video shared as Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Video showing chaos with audible gunfire inside the Rabaa al-Adawiya hospital in Cairo, Egypt in August 2013, has been falsely shared online as showing Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) inside the Al Shifa hospital in Gaza in 2023. The miscaptioned video circulated online after Israeli troops entered the Al Shifa hospital on Nov. 15 after a days-long siege. Israeli forces say that the hospital covers tunnels used by the Islamist group Hamas, a claim that has been denied by the group, Reuters reported. “Israeli forces shooting inside al shifa hospital” read posts sharing the old video on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter (archived). The video, however, was uploaded to YouTube (archived) by Egyptian news outlet Rassd News Network (RNN) in mid-August 2013 and depicts shooting inside the Rabaa hospital.

Persons: Al, ”, Mohamed Mursi, Read Organizations: Israeli Defense Forces, Al, Hamas, Reuters, Facebook, YouTube, Rassd News, The Atlantic, The Washington, Thomson Locations: Cairo, Egypt, Gaza

☆ Fact Check: Bill Nye did not suggest spaceflight is impossible in clip on handling trash
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Science communicator Bill Nye’s remark that “we cannot leave the Earth” referred to disposal of the planet’s trash, not - as online posts taking his words out of context suggest - that human space travel is impossible. In the shortened video clip, Nye, CEO of the Planetary Society, says that the Earth is a “closed system,” adding that “we cannot leave the Earth.”“There’s no place to go. The student asked Nye about the ethical and practical implications of shooting trash into space to avoid putting it in landfills (timestamp 2.22s). Nye first answers that it would be “too expensive,” adding that the Earth is a “closed system” in the context of handling trash. Nye was responding to a question about why humans do not shoot trash into space; he was not suggesting that space travel is impossible.

Persons: Bill, Nye, Big, you’ve, ” Nye, Read Organizations: Planetary Society, YouTube, Columbia University, Reuters, Thomson

☆ Fact Check: Trump did not say he is still commander-in-chief at rally
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump said he was the only 2024 Republican presidential candidate with experience as commander-in-chief during a rally last week. !”The video shows Trump at a Nov. 11, 2023, campaign rally in Claremont, New Hampshire. In the video being shared, Trump can be heard saying, “…I will prevent, 100% prevent World War Three. You’re going to end up in World War Three because of this. Former U.S. President Donald J. Trump discussed his experience being commander-in-chief at a rally in New Hampshire last week.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, … ‘, “ …, we’re, ” Trump, Donald J, Read Organizations: U.S, Republican, Reuters, U.S . Armed Forces, Former U.S, Thomson Locations: Claremont , New Hampshire, East, Ukraine, New Hampshire

☆ Fact Check: Red lake in Chile falsely said to be the River Nile
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of a red-coloured lake in Chile has been falsely claimed online to show the River Nile, with some users suggesting it's a sign of “the end times”. “You mean to tell me on November 9, 2023, the Nile river looks like this,” said one person who added a voiceover to the clip and shared it to social media (archived). However, the video shows a lake in Chile that is famed for its red colour, not the River Nile. Reuters found no reports or corroborating visuals of the River Nile, which stretches across northeastern Africa, turning red on Nov. 9. The video show Laguna Roja in Chile, not the River Nile.

Persons: ”, microalgae, Read Organizations: Reuters, Laguna, Chile Travel, Roja, Thomson Locations: Chile, Chilean, Africa

☆ Fact Check: SNP’s Westminster leader held his Remembrance Sunday wreath correctly
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Comparison online of the way Britain’s party leaders held their poppy wreaths on Remembrance Sunday has sparked a false claim that the Scottish National Party’s (SNP) Westminster leader Stephen Flynn held his garland upside down. In an X post (archived) on Nov. 14, Flynn said his wreath was made by Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory in Edinburgh, Scotland. Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory told Reuters that the card was placed at the bottom of the wreath. There are also differences in the designs of poppies, the Scottish National War Memorial spokesperson said. Stephen Flynn held his wreath the correct way up on Remembrance Sunday, according to the wreath maker, who said the card was deliberately placed at the bottom.

Persons: Stephen Flynn, Flynn, Ed Davey, Keir Starmer, Rishi Sunak, Lady Haig’s, Lady Haig’s Poppy, Pam Gosal, Jackson Carlaw, Read Organizations: Scottish National, Facebook, Liberal, Conservative Party, Memorial, Reuters, Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory, Scottish, Thomson Locations: Scotland, England, Edinburgh

☆ Fact Check: Altered image of Biden turning his back on Xi in California
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Footage from Reuters and other news outlets of U.S. President Joe Biden welcoming Chinese leader Xi Jinping in California does not show Biden turning his back on Xi, despite an image circulating online. A post (archived) on social media said: “President Xi is patiently waiting for President Biden to turn around his body” and “To respect old people is a virtue in China.” The accompanying image shows Biden facing toward his right, with his hand out, while Xi is on Biden’s left. Reuters footage of the same scene does not show Biden turning his back on Xi at any point during the exchange, however. Biden’s posture, facial expressions and hand placement in the altered image also match the 19-second timestamp where he reaches out to shake Xi’s hand, but with the image flopped so that Biden is facing away from Xi. Biden did not turn his back on Xi while welcoming him at the Filoli estate in California, according to footage of the scene from multiple news outlets.

Persons: Joe Biden, Xi Jinping, Biden, Xi, Biden’s, Xi’s, Read Organizations: Reuters, Economic Cooperation, Facebook, MSNBC, ABC, Thomson Locations: U.S, California, Woodside , California, San Francisco, Asia, China

☆ Fact Check: No evidence British MP visited Palestine Mission with pork gift
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The image shows Abbott amongst a group of men, all posing with a platter of meat. In a statement to Reuters, Abbott said: “This is a very poor fake, either designed to insult the Mission, or attempted to embarrass me, or both. It is completely fake news.”The Palestinian diplomatic mission did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Reuters found no reports, social media posts or other visual content about Abbott making a visit to the mission. There is no evidence Diane Abbott visited the Palestine Mission with a platter of pork as a gift.

Persons: Diane Abbott, Abbott, “ Diane, ”, James O’Brien, O’Brien, ” O’Brien, Read Organizations: Reuters, Facebook, Computer Science, University of California, Thomson Locations: London, Palestine, Berkeley

☆ Fact Check: Photo of a child lying on a road in Yemen dates to 2020
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An image from Yemen in 2020 of an injured child lying on a road while another child tries to drag her away from the scene has been shared with captions falsely suggesting that it shows Palestinian siblings killed by Israeli soldiers amid the 2023 Israel-Hamas war. A Nov.15 Facebook (archived) post shared the years-old image alongside the text: “A pair of Palestinian siblings went to fetch water but were killed by Israeli soldiers. The younger brother dragged his sister's body home. Photo shows an injured child lying on a road in Yemen in 2020, not Palestinian civilians affected in the 2023 Israel-Hamas war. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

Persons: Ruwaida Saleh, Read Organizations: Hamas, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Yemen, Israel, Russia, Ukraine, Yemeni, Taiz, Iran

☆ Fact Check: Video shows Madrid protest over Catalan amnesty deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video of a protest in Madrid against a plan by Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to grant amnesty to Catalan separatists has been falsely claimed online to show a pro-Palestinian protest. The acting premier’s Socialist Party (PSOE) secured the backing of the Catalan separatist party Junts on Nov. 9 via a deal that included passing a law to grant amnesty to individuals convicted over Catalonia's attempt to secede from Spain in 2017. Thousands of people gathered across Spain on Nov. 12 to oppose the deal. Photographs and livestreams (archived) also captured different angles (archived) of the same protest. The protest was held over the Spanish government’s Catalan-separatist amnesty, not the Israel-Hamas war.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez, Junts, Sanchez, Read Organizations: Socialist Party, PSOE, Twitter, Facebook, El, Libertad Digital, Catalan, Spanish, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Madrid, Catalan, Spain, Madrid’s Puerta, Sol, Palestine, Israel

☆ Fact Check: Clip does not show Israeli forces placing flag at Al Shifa hospital
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A video showing soldiers placing an Israeli flag on the roof of a school in Gaza has been miscaptioned in online posts that claim it shows the Al Shifa hospital. Israeli troops entered Gaza’s biggest hospital Al Shifa on Nov. 15, with Israel saying its forces found weapons as well as an underground structure it called a Hamas tunnel shaft after two days of searching the hospital complex, while Hamas denied the assertion. A post (archived) on social media said: “This is the IOF putting up a flag at Al-Shifa Hospital. The video circulating online, however, does not show the Al Shifa hospital. The video shows a UNRWA school in Gaza, not the Al Shifa hospital.

Persons: Al Shifa, Juliette Touma, Touma, Read Organizations: Shifa, Facebook, UN, United Nations, UNRWA, Le, BBC, School for Boys, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Gaza’s, Israel, ”, Gaza City

☆ Fact Check: Video of burning aircraft predates November 4 attack at Pakistan air base
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An old video of a dummy fighter jet set ablaze by supporters of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in May 2023 in Mianwali, Pakistan, has been falsely captioned as showing scenes from a November 2023 attack at an air base in that city. A post on X (archived), formerly known as Twitter, shared the video on the day of the militant attack captioned: “Pak Airforce fighter jets up in flames. Meanwhile, Mianwali airbase attack still ongoing.” The video was also shared on Facebook (archived). Police arrested hundreds of supporters of ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan for violence following Khan's arrest on corruption charges in May, including attacks on state-owned buildings and vehicles. A video of a burning airplane is from protests in Mianwali, Pakistan, in May 2023, not from a militant attack in November.

Persons: Imran Khan, Read Organizations: Pakistan, Pakistan Air Force Training, Reuters, Twitter, “ Pak Airforce, Facebook, Hindustan Times, YouTube, Police, Thomson Locations: Mianwali, Pakistan, Shenyang

☆ Fact Check: Behind-the-scenes footage of a film shared as Palestinians faking injuries
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Behind-the-scenes footage from a short film made in Lebanon about life in Gaza has been shared without context online as evidence that Palestinians are faking injuries in the context of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. The video shows several scenes that include makeup being applied to a child to make her appear injured and a man directing a group of people holding Palestinian flags. DON'T FALL FOR IT,” read posts sharing the video (archived) on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, and on Facebook (archived). And the video that went viral where they were applying makeup on the girl’s face was a video of behind the scenes of the short movie that i mentioned.”VERDICTMiscaptioned. Video shows the filming of a movie about the occupied Palestinian territories, not Palestinians staging injuries.

Persons: ”, “, @rami.jardali, ” Mahmoud Ramzi, Ramzi, Read Organizations: Twitter, Facebook, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Lebanon, Gaza, Israel

☆ Fact Check: Why fruit isn’t floating in International Space Station photo
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A Facebook post (archived) shared an image of nine astronauts posing for a photo while three pieces of fruit appear to be resting on a surface. It was also shared by NASA and the European Space Agency. “Crew aboard the International Space Station use a variety of fasteners, like tape or hook and loop, on the space station’s tabletop to help prepare food during meals,” Joshua Finch, a spokesperson for NASA said in an email to Reuters. He mentions throughout the video that items are secured down, in this case with tape and Velcro, to keep them from floating away. This photo shows food attached to a surface in the International Space Station.

Persons: Luca Parmitano, Alexey Ovchinin, Alexander Skvortsov, Oleg Skripochka, Jessica Meir, Nick Hague, Christina Koch, Andrew Morgan, Hazzaa Ali Almansoori, Joshua Finch, Shane Kimbrough, NASA’s, Kimbrough, Read Organizations: Space, NASA, European Space Agency, “, Reuters, ISS, YouTube, NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, Thomson

☆ Fact Check: Video shows stunt choreography, not attack on Israeli women
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A choreographed video produced by a French stunt school has been miscaptioned amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war with false claims it shows Israeli women fighting off Muslim or Arab men. !”It was also shared (archived) on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The video shows a choreographed scene performed by a stunt team in France, part of the Campus Univers Cascades stunt school, and not an actual fight. The school shared the video on its Instagram (archived) account on Nov. 2. The video was produced by a stunt school and does not show an actual fight.

Persons: Lucas Dollfus, ”, Read Organizations: Facebook, TEN, AK, Twitter, Reuters, Thomson Locations: French, Israel, Palestinian, Gaza, France

☆ Fact Check: ‘Patriots’ protecting Nuneaton statue post is satire
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The original Nov. 14 post on X (archived), formerly Twitter, has a photo of four men standing in front of the Eliot statue in Nuneaton with the caption: “Can’t make this up. As the events in London were kicking off, Brave Patriots of Nuneaton were courageously protecting the town statue. Another Facebook user (archived) who shared a screenshot of the satirical post said: “The brave patriots of Nuneaton on Armistice Day, proudly protecting a statue of *checks notes* George Elliot. Take that Antifa!”The photograph, which does show four men guarding the statue, was captured in June 2020 while a Black Lives Matter demonstration was underway in Nuneaton town centre. The X user who originally posted the claim said his post was satire.

Persons: George Eliot, Eliot, Churchill, George Elliot, Jane Austen, Gosh, ”, Read Organizations: Brave Patriots, Nuneaton, Facebook, Labour Party, Coventry Telegraph, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Britain, London, Nuneaton, Whitehall, Local

☆ Fact Check: ‘Kidnapped’ billboard in New Jersey miscaptioned as Australia
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A billboard with the word “KIDNAPPED” surrounded by images of faces referring to the people held hostage by Hamas was placed in Lakewood, New Jersey, and not, as suggested in online posts, Melbourne, Australia. A post (archived) on social media sharing a photo of the billboard said: “Try ripping this down assholes. Thank you Melbourne, Australia.” Another post (archived) with identical wording was shared on Facebook. The billboard can be geolocated to a Shell gas station in Lakewood, New Jersey, with poles and structures that match the image shared on social media. The billboard shared on social media was placed in the U.S., not in Australia.

Persons: ”, @bringthemhomelkwd, Read Organizations: Hamas, Facebook, Reuters Pictures, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Lakewood , New Jersey, Melbourne, Australia, Israel, Gaza, New York City, Lakewood ., Washington, U.S

☆ Fact Check: Video of Syria’s Tadamon massacre shared as showing Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

(Editor’s note: Graphic footage and images linked to in paragraphs two, three, four and five)A video of men in Tadamon, Syria, being pushed into a mass grave and shot has been shared online purporting to show Israeli soldiers shooting civilians in Gaza in 2023. A Facebook user (archived) sharing the video on Nov. 1 wrote: “Israeli military are conducting a war crime on the ground operation in Gaza they're doing exactly what Hitler did to them. Please share it.” Text on the clip reads that Israeli ground troops were conducting a “genocide roundup”. But the video, which shows men in military fatigues shooting blindfolded men in civilian clothes, is unrelated to events in Gaza in 2023. The clip was captured in Syria in 2013, according to researchers who investigated it when it was leaked to them in 2019.

Persons: Hitler, Annsar, Umit, Read Organizations: Institute for, Genocide, New Lines, The Guardian, Reuters, U.S . State Department, Thomson Locations: Tadamon, Syria, Gaza, Damascus, Amsterdam, France

☆ Fact Check: No evidence an Israeli sniper named ‘Barib Yariel’ was killed by Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The name “Barib Yariel” does not appear on an Israel Defence Forces (IDF) list of fallen soldiers, although online posts are claiming without evidence that an Israeli sniper by that name was killed by Hamas. A Nov. 8 post (archived) on social media said: “One of Israel’s best snipers Barib Yariel, was just killed by a Hamas sniper” and “Yariel had a 100% success rate until the one time his enemy had a weapon. The name Barib Yariel in English or Hebrew is not on the list at the time of writing this fact check. There are also no credible reports to corroborate the claim that an Israeli sniper with that name has been killed since the most recent conflict between Hamas and Israel began on Oct. 7. There is no evidence that an Israeli sniper by the name Barib Yariel was killed by a Hamas sniper.

Persons: Barib, ”, “ Yariel, Israel, Yair Nifosi, Michael Ben, Yariel, Read Organizations: Israel Defence Forces, Facebook, Reuters, Thomson Locations: ”

☆ Fact Check: Father using laughter to help daughter cope with bombs was in Syria, not Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A video of a father in Syria urging his young daughter to laugh when bombs exploded around them so she wouldn’t be afraid went viral in 2020. The miscaptioned video can be seen on social media platform X (archived), formerly known as Twitter, and Facebook (archived). In the clip, the little girl can be seen laughing every time she hears an explosion. “They started laughing, and she started laughing, and saw that the thing is just a game,” he said. A video of a father helping his young daughter cope with war by laughing when they hear explosions was filmed in Syria, not Gaza.

Persons: Abdallah al, Muhammad, Salwa, “, ”, it’s, Read Organizations: Twitter, Facebook, NBC News, Sky News, Hamas, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Syria, Idlib, Gaza, Israel

☆ Fact Check: US representative for Ukraine’s economic recovery not convicted of treason
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery Penny Pritzker was not arrested and convicted on charges of treason, contrary to an article circulating on social media making this claim. The claim is “categorically false,” a U.S. State Department spokesperson said to Reuters in an email on Nov. 14. Real Raw News, the Army JAG and the U.S. Department of State did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment. Pritzker was not convicted of treason. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

Persons: Penny Pritzker, “, ”, Janet Yellen, Letitia James, Pritzker, Read Organizations: Special, Real Raw News, “ JAG Convicts U.S, Raw, U.S, Treasury, New York, Corps, JAG Corps, U.S . Army, U.S . State Department, Reuters, Real Raw, Navy JAG, Ukraine’s Energy, German, Washington D.C, Army JAG, U.S . Department of State, Thomson Locations: United States, U.S, Ukrainian Embassy, Washington

☆ Fact Check: UK government page does not show Israel is a British company
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Writing a caption to accompany the screenshot, the X user said: “Yet another proof that Israel is owned by British elites. There is no listing for “The State of Israel” as a company on Companies House. Companies House told Reuters in an email that this includes foreign governments. The State of Israel is identifiable as an overseas entity on the Companies House registry by its unique ID, beginning with “OE”, Companies House told Reuters. The screenshot shows Israel registered as an overseas entity owning property in the UK, not a registered UK company.

Persons: Israel ”, ROE, Israel, Read Organizations: Social, Twitter, Facebook, Companies House, OF ISRAEL, House, Overseas, Companies, THE, Overseas Entities, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel, British, The State, ., London, Ukraine, State

☆ Fact Check: Women’s birthing-duty quote misattributed to US House Speaker Johnson
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson did not say that a woman’s duties include giving birth to able-bodied workers, according to his spokesperson, despite posts online sharing the quote. The quote attributed to Johnson in a post on Instagram (archived), reads: “Every Woman has a duty to birth at least one able-bodied worker.” A similar quote was shared on Facebook (archived). In a May 2022 House Judiciary Committee hearing, Johnson did suggest that abortion deprives the national economy of potential “able-bodied workers”, during a discussion of the Supreme Court’s anticipated overturning of Roe v. Wade. We’re all struggling here to cover the bases of Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid and all the rest. U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson has previously suggested that millions of able-bodied workers were lost to the economy due to abortion, but has not stated publicly that a woman’s duty is to give birth to able-bodied workers.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Johnson, Raj Shah, Roe, Wade, Johnson’s, ”, “ Roe, Donald Trump’s, Read Organizations: House, Facebook, Reuters, YouTube, Social Security, Judiciary, Democratic National Committee, Thomson Locations: America

☆ Fact Check: Photo shows Buzz Aldrin, not Neil Armstrong, descending Apollo lunar module
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

They believe the photo shows Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon, and imply the 1969 moon landings were somehow staged or fake because somebody else must have photographed him. A Facebook post (archived) sharing the claim reads, “Actually the first man on the moon was Neil Armstrong’s cameraman.”However, the image being shared actually shows Aldrin and was taken by Armstrong. A description of a similar NASA photo says the moment shows Aldrin descending the ladder to the moon’s surface while Armstrong photographed him on July 20, 1969. Astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon and his descent was captured by a mounted camera. A picture on social media shows Buzz Aldrin, the second man to land on the moon, not Armstrong.

Persons: Edwin “ Buzz ” Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, “, Neil Armstrong’s, Aldrin, Armstrong, ”, Buzz, Buzz Aldrin, Read Organizations: NASA, Reuters, Thomson

☆ Fact Check: Video of Muslim cleric purported assault is from Pakistan in 2021
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Accounts sharing the clip on social media falsely link it to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) were operating deep in Gaza City since entering on Oct. 27, Israel said on Nov. 7. It purportedly shows a Muslim cleric forcing himself on a student at a religious school in Lahore, Pakistan, in 2021. The video went viral on social media, Reuters reported on June 21, 2023, with posts on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in June 2021 (archived). Cleric Aziz-ur-Rehman was arrested, and local reports later said he confessed to assault.

Persons: Israel, Aziz, Rehman, Read Organizations: Israeli Defense Forces, Facebook, Al, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Pakistan, Gaza, Israel, Gaza City, Beit Hanoun, Nusra, Lahore

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