AFP's fact-check service debunks misinformation spread online. Here are some of our recent fact-checks: A photo shared widely on social media purports to show a "Center for Global Human Population Reduction" affiliated with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The image, however, had been manipulated to include the additional text on a photo of the foundation's building in Seattle. A photo showing dozens of people lying on the ground was shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim it showed the situation in Ecuador during the coronavirus pandemic. The claim is false. The photo shows a "die-in" protest by environmental activists outside a train station in Germany. A video was viewed tens of thousands of times on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accompanied a claim that it showed UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson offering tea to journalists after recovering from an illness. The posts were shared shortly after Johnson returned to work following hospital treatment for COVID-19. The video has actually circulated in media reports since August 2018, more than one year before the coronavirus pandemic and before Johnson became prime minister. Three photos were shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim they show improved air quality in Sri Lanka during a nationwide COVID-19 curfew. The photos actually show the skyline of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. The posts circulated as countless other videos and photos were shared online showing improved air quality in countries under COVID-19 restrictions. A video was shared thousands of times on Facebook alongside a claim it shows a farewell flypast in honour of South African Airways, the country's bankrupt national carrier. The footage was instead taken last year during a rehearsal in preparation for South Africa's presidential inauguration. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. afp