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  • 2020-09-03 (xsd:date)
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  • Does This Photo Show A Recent Protest In Germany? (en)
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  • An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a large protest occurring in Germany on Aug. 29. Verdict: False The photo shows a crowd at a 1997 electronic dance music festival in Berlin. Fact Check: Tens of thousands of people on Aug. 29 gathered in Berlin to protest against the German government’s COVID-19 measures, NBC News reported. Demonstrations against similar restrictions occurred elsewhere in Europe and Canada that day, according to CBC News . In recent days, multiple Facebook users shared an aerial photo of a large crowd, claiming it was taken during the Berlin protest. The caption for this particular post reads, Now that’s people power! Germany.yesterday! Merkals ( sic ) days are over. However, the photo was taken in July 1997 by aerial photojournalist and pilot Robert Gahn . It appears on the website of his Germany-based photo agency, where the caption , translated to English, identifies it as a scene from the 1997 Love Parade music festival in Berlin. The Love Parade , an annual electronic dance music event held in Germany, last occurred in 2010, when 21 people were killed and over 500 others were injured in a stampede, The Guardian reported. It was permanently cancelled after the tragic incident, according to The Telegraph . A German court ended a trial about the 2010 Love Parade incident without a verdict in May, citing the statute of limitations expiring in July and restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, The Associated Press reported. (en)
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