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  • 2020-11-26 (xsd:date)
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  • This photo actually shows the Afghan capital of Kabul during winter (en)
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  • A photo of a snow-covered street has been shared hundreds of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter in November 2020 that claim it was taken in the Pakistani city of Karachi. The claim is false; the photo was actually taken by an Afghan photographer in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul; weather data for Karachi shows there has been no snowfall in the city in November 2020. The photo was shared here on Facebook on November 24, 2020. It has been shared 732 times. The post’s caption reads: MA Jinnah Road Karachi. MA Jinnah Road is a main boulevard in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi. A screenshot taken on November 25, 2020, of the misleading Facebook post The same photo has been shared here , here and here on Facebook; and here , here and here on Twitter, alongside a similar claim. However, the claim is false. A reverse image search on Google followed by a keyword search found the original photo published on Facebook here by Afghan photographer Aman Sadaqat. The photo includes Sadaqat’s watermark. Below is a comparison of screenshots of the original photo (L) and the photo in the misleading post (R) : Screenshot comparison of the original photo (L) and the photo in the misleading post (R) An AFP correspondent in Kabul identified the street as Darul Aman road in the west of the city. The taxis, police vehicles and the antennas atop the hill in the background also suggest it is Kabul, he said. Google Satellite imagery of Darul Aman Road here also corresponds with the photo. A screenshot taken on November 26, 2020 of Google Satellite imagery of Darul Aman Road, Kabul, Afghanistan The New York Times also published a photo of the same road in a 2017 report about gunfire in Kabul. The photo’s caption reads in part: Kabul’s Darulaman Road in 2016. Below is a screenshot of the photo published in The New York Times. A screenshot of the photo published in The New York Times Karachi lies in a geographic zone which does not generally receive snowfall. The minimum temperature falls to 12 Celsius (53.6 Fahrenheit). Below is a chart showing Karachi temperature averages based on National Centers for Environmental Information data: A screenshot taken on November 26, 2020, of a chart showing Karachi temperature averages (en)
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