South Korean police launched an investigation into potential unlawful election campaigning after an altered image that appeared to show opposition leader Lee Jae-myung in prison was distributed in central Seoul ahead of polls on April 10. The image which also circulated in Facebook groups with tens of thousands of members added Lee's head to a photo of a mannequin in a mock prison cell.
An old photo of a cannabis farm raided by Bangladesh police in 2020 has resurfaced in social media posts that altered the image to include a signboard falsely linking the site to the ruling Awami League party. The signboard falsely claims the farm was named after Bangladesh’s founder the father of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and supplies to members of the ruling party. Local police told AFP they did not find any such signboard during the 2020 operation.
Yemen's Huthi rebels have been targeting Red Sea shipping since November 2023, triggering US and British reprisals, but an image repeatedly shared online appearing to show vessels exchanging missile fire is actually manipulated. The doctored image combines two old pictures that were previously published in 2010 and 2015.
After tensions flared between the Philippines and China in the hotly disputed South China Sea in January 2024, a video showing several images of ships in flames resurfaced in social media posts that falsely claimed a Chinese coast guard vessel was destroyed by an "unidentified weapon". The images used in the video, however, were altered from photos showing Chinese ships patrolling disputed waters in the South China Sea and East China Sea, and a photo of a Canadian vessel in the Pacific Ocean. Wh