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នៅចាំទេ កាលពី ០៥ ខែមករា ឆ្នាំ២០២៤ មានព័ត៌មានផ្សាយពីហេតុការណ៍ត្រី Oarfish ឬគេហៅថា ត្រីនាំសញ្ញារញ្ជួយដី នេះឡើងមកលើគោកនៅឆ្នេរសមុទ្រថៃ។ ពេលនេះ គ្រោះធម្មជាតិនោះកើតឡើងមែន គឺនៅថ្ងៃទី២៨ ខែមីនានេះ ថៃបានរងគ្រោះរញ្ជួយដីពិតប្រាកដមែន
Publisher’s rating: False
बैंकॉक में भूकंप के दिल दहला देने वाले विडियोज
Publisher’s rating: झूठ
山火事は兵器によって起こされている
Publisher’s rating: 誤り
The review examines claims that wildfires in Japan were caused by directed-energy weapons. It explains that a wildfire spreading in a straight line can be natural when burning downhill, and notes that wildfires commonly occur in Japan from January to May.
CCTV footage from Myanmar hotels infinity pool . A serious earthquake hit the country yesterday !
Publisher’s rating: false
በኢትዮጵያ የተከሰተውን የመሬት መንቀጥቀጥ ተከትሎ የተፈጠረውን ሁኔታ ያሳያል በሚል ቲክቶክ ላይ የተጋራው ይህ ቪዲዮ
Publisher’s rating: Partly False
An image of a child appearing to be trapped under rubble after an earthquake hit recently
Publisher’s rating: Missing Context
TikTok post supposedly of a 2025 fire at the Israeli embassy in Türkiye
Publisher’s rating: False
Facebook post claiming to show a photo of a car crash on the Kinale-Kijabe stretch in Kenya
Publisher’s rating: False
Video tentang insiden kebaran kapal malam di Pelabuhan Kendari dalam suasana arus mudik.
Publisher’s rating: Insiden kebaran kapal malam di Pelabuhan Kendari dalam suasana arus mudik sebagian benar. Kapal malam tidak mengalami kebakaran tapi hanya peralatan alkon. Kebakaran juga benar terjadi di Pelabuhan Pangkalan Perahu Kendari bukan di Pelabuhan Nusantara.
TikTok video claiming to show a cyclone that occurred in Kalangala, an island on Lake Victoria
Publisher’s rating: Altered
“Más de 120 incendios simultáneos en un día”: #Falso
Publisher’s rating: Falso
une image prétendant montrer un pont qui a cédé au Cameroun en 2025
Publisher’s rating: False
കോഴിക്കോട് മുക്കത്തും മലപ്പുറത്ത് പാണ്ടിക്കാടും ഐസ് മഴ
Publisher’s rating: false
post with an image purportedly depicting a 5.5 magnitude earthquake that struck Ethiopia on 4 January 2025
Publisher’s rating: Partly False
احتراق شاحنة محملة بالألعاب النارية في الراهدة، تعز، اليمن
Publisher’s rating: مضلل
نشرت حسابات على وسائل التواصل مقطع ادعت أنه لإنفجار قاطره محمله بالألعاب النارية في خط الراهدة مؤخرا
Publisher’s rating: مضلل
The review says the video was old, dating to December 16, 2021, and showed a fireworks-loaded truck burning on the Al-Raheda road. It reports that the truck caught fire after being shot at near a security checkpoint, and that several people were injured.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, area fires were intentional to build a “smart city.”
Publisher’s rating: False
টেলেংগানাৰ মেদকৰ নাৰচিংগি ৰোডত সংঘটিত হোৱা এটা দুৰ্ঘটনাত আহত বাঘ এটাৰ দৃশ্য অসমৰ গুৱাহাটীৰ বুলি মিছা দাবীৰে প্ৰচাৰ কৰা হৈছে।
Publisher’s rating: False
Fact Crescendo reports that the video does not show Guwahati; it shows an injured leopard on Narsingi Road in Medak, Telangana. The review says the footage was falsely presented as a scene from Guwahati.
The viral video showing a swaying hanging bridge with people struggling to cross is from Haridwar, India.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review identifies the bridge in the video as Nepal’s Gandaki Golden Bridge, not a bridge in Haridwar. It says the bridge connects Baglung and Parbat districts and that clues in the video and location searches helped identify it.