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The claim

Video showing Shwedagon Pagoda collapsed after earthquake

Original publisher’s rating

Misleading

Reviewed by Fact Crescendo Cambodia ↗ ·

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Original review summary

The review says reverse-image searches found the video circulating with a Burmese caption identifying a different pagoda, and that it does not show Shwedagon Pagoda. It concludes that the earthquake-damaged temple was Mahamuni Temple in Mandalay, not Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon.[S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] Fact Crescendo Cambodia original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026

Original review: Fact Crescendo Cambodia. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms. Summaries and context are produced by PeakMetrics with AI assistance.

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