Algeria Fires Spurs Misleading Images

Algeria Fires Spurs Misleading Images

Men gather their sheep away from a wildwire in Turkey (Getty).

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Social media users are reporting on the fires in Algeria that started on 10 August, using multiple images. The accompanying images are of a forest on fire, a man herding his livestock to safety, and a child looking back from the car window at what is likely their burning home.

these pictures speaks louder than any words, i hope u won't ignore what is happening in Algeria and help spread it so the world knows about this #AlgeriaIsBurning #PrayForAlgeria pic.twitter.com/TrbT6SKuJs

— demon⁷ (@SEXCVNT) August 10, 2021

I know most of people don't know what's happening, but in Algeria people are dying, fire erupted in the north east and many people and villages burned ...Alot of my people lost their houses and properties. pray for Algeria.#AlgeriaIsBurning #الجزائر pic.twitter.com/0YPIx2SSse

— eman. (@Ema97n) August 10, 2021

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Science Photo Library

Science Photo Library

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