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      Toolkit Case: Edited Image Of Greta Thunberg In A Train Resurfaces

      BOOM found that the original image is from Greta Thunberg's train meal in Denmark

      By - Debalina Mukherjee |
      Published -  23 Feb 2021 4:21 PM IST
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      Toolkit Case: Edited Image Of Greta Thunberg In A Train Resurfaces

      An edited image of Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg enjoying a hearty meal as poverty stricken children stare from outside a window is viral on social media with misleading claims.

      One such caption viral with the image reads, ''Thanks @sudhirchaudhary ji for exposing her. #AskGretaWhy''

      The edited image has resurfaced after Thunberg tweeted in favour of the ongoing farmers' protest. Thunberg also shared a tweet featuring a toolkit on February 4, which was slammed for its alleged links to a Khalistani conspiracy against India. She had later deleted and shared an 'updated' version of the toolkit. She was heavily trolled for the now deleted toolkit that urged for massive protests.

      Bengaluru-based activist Disha Ravi has been arrested by Delhi Police for her alleged links with the toolkit so far.

      Archive of the tweet can be seen here.


      Another tweet reads, "India ask these anti forces #AskGretaWhy" Tweet has been archived here.

      India ask these anti forces #AskGretaWhy pic.twitter.com/E4vWMMpKPX

      — Bembde Pavan (@bembadep) February 16, 2021

      Another caption reads, ''Ye hum hai, Ye humara propaganda hai, Aur ye hum exposed ho rahe hain ...#AskGretaWhy.'' It has been archived here.

      Ye hum hai
      Ye humara propaganda hai
      Aur ye hum exposed ho rahe hain ...#AskGretaWhy pic.twitter.com/icz6SySiCy

      — 🇮🇳Sonal 🇮🇳 (@ShreshthaDharma) February 16, 2021

      Also read: Fake Disha Ravi Twitter Accounts Surface After Her Arrest In 'Toolkit' Case

      Fact Check

      BOOM ran a reverse image search and found the original image from January 22, 2019 on Greta Thunberg's official Twitter account. The caption of the tweet reads "Lunch in Denmark", and she is seen sitting in front of a lavish spread in a train. Rows of trees in the woods are visible from the window.

      Lunch in Denmark. pic.twitter.com/LWKMQ9AuqR

      — Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) January 22, 2019

      We further cropped the section which shows the children and ran a reverse image search; the image led us to a report by Reuters from August 23, 2007. The report carried the same photograph of the children sitting, clicked by Reuters' photographer, Stephanie Hancock. According to the caption, the image shows children living in the forests near the village of Bodouli (Central African Republic). They are sitting at a makeshift camp made for the internally displaced persons. The report talks about "government soldiers attacking Korosigna without warning in January 2006, as a part of a two-year-old bush war fought against rag-tag rebels across northern parts of the former French colony".


      Edited image viral in 2019

      The same edited image was viral earlier in 2019. We found an article on English news outlet, Metro's website from September 27, 2019, titled, "Fury over fake photo of Greta Thunberg eating lunch in front of poor children". According to the report, son of Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro shared the fake photo of Thunberg eating lunch in front of poor children.


      Also read: Her Name Is Disha Ravi, Not Disha Ravi Joseph: Friends Rubbish Fake Claim

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      Greta ThunbergFarm Bills 2020Disha RaviGreta ToolkitFake NewsFarmers protestsviral
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      Claim :   Picture shows Greta Thunberg enjoying lunch in a train while poor children are sitting outside staring at her
      Claimed By :  Twitter users
      Fact Check :  False
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