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      Stock Photo Shared To Make Misleading Claims About COVID-19 Pandemic

      The original photo agency that licensed the image clearly labelled it as a staged photo.

      By - AFP |
      Published -  30 Nov 2020 6:18 PM IST
    • Boomlive
      Stock Photo Shared To Make Misleading Claims About COVID-19 Pandemic
      A stock photo of two actors posing as medical workers while carrying a fake body bag has been shared hundreds of times in misleading Facebook posts which promote coronavirus pandemic denial. The original photo agency that licensed the image clearly labelled it as a staged photo.


      The image and the claim was shared in a New Zealand-based Facebook group here. The post has been interacted with more than 100 times.


      A screenshot of the photo missing context, taken November 26, 2020. (A screenshot of the photo missing context, taken November 26, 2020. )

      Text superimposed above the image reads: "Look how strong these two women are. They carry a body with two fingers. If you still believe this covid thing, pray to god to give you your brain back."

      A similar claim was also shared hundreds of times in other languages; for example here, here, here and here.

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      The claim, however, is misleading.

      The image was originally published here on EyeEm, a commercial stock image platform, and is credited to Thailand-based photographer Panyawat Boontanom.

      An EyeEm spokesperson confirmed that the image is a recreation "that has been staged and the models were paid for the creation of the picture".

      "Stock photos are often produced in a staged set up to avoid the need of having real models or locations being shown in the images," the spokesperson explained in an email to AFP on November 24. "EyeEm allows photographers to upload their images to the EyeEm marketplace in order to offer their images for licensing. A part of this business includes stock photographers who create photographs to represent specific events or situations."

      With credit to Boontanom and EyeEm, the photo of the two women carrying the body bag was also published by Getty Images here. The photo is available for licensing under Getty's creative content, which differs from the photo agency's news-related editorial content.

      A screenshot of the image on the Getty Images website, taken November 26, 2020.

      The misleading posts circulated as countries worldwide continue to face surging rates of COVID-19, which has so far infected over 60 million and killed more than 1.4 million people globally, according to Johns Hopkins University.

      AFP Fact Check reporters in Serbia and Poland also debunked the misleading claims about the body bag image here and here.

      AFP has captured multiple photos of medical professionals transporting bodies of people who died after being infected by COVID-19, for example here, here and here.

      AFP has debunked more than 670 pieces of misinformation surrounding the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

      (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by BOOM staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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      COVID-19Coronavirus PandemicCoronavirus OutbreakCoronavirus CureCoronavirus Vaccine
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      Claim :   Photo shows two medical workers carrying a dead body of a COVID-19 patient very easily proving that the pandemic is fake.
      Claimed By :  Facebook posts
      Fact Check :  False
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