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  • Fact Check: Morphed image of soccer stars goes viral with 'Pray for Gaza' message Have international soccer stars Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Mohamed Salah expressed solidarity with the people of Gaza by bandaging an eye? Listen to Story India Today Fact Check The images of the footballers are photoshopped. Have international soccer stars Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Mohamed Salah expressed solidarity with the people of Gaza by bandaging an eye? Facebook page "All About Islam posted a collage of four photographs -- three of the footballers with one eye covered and the fourth with a message that says, "Pray for your brothers and sisters in Gaza". The caption of the post reads, "U don’t need to be Muslim to care about Gazau... u need to be human". India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found the post to be misleading. The images of the footballers are photoshopped. The post had already been shared more than 300 times till the filing of this story. The archived version can be seen here. Tracing the original images By using reverse search on each of the individual images of the soccer players, we found the original pictures. The original image of Portuguese footballer Ronaldo has been used several times since 2018 on various websites as NIKE PORTUGAL ANTHEM JACKET FIFA WORLD CUP 2018. Viral image Original image The viral image of Swedish striker Zlatan with a bandaged eye is also photoshopped. The original image can be seen here. Viral image Original image The third image of Egyptian footballer Mohamed Salah is also morphed. The original image can be seen in various soccer-related websites such as The Boot Room. Viral image Original image Conclusion Palestinian freelance journalist Muath Amarneh recently lost an eye while covering a protest in the West Bank. Donning eye-patches, journalists and activists worldwide started a social media campaign in solidarity with Amarneh. These reports can be read here and here . But we could not find any credible news report or image related to these international soccer stars showing solidarity with the people of Gaza by covering an eye. Thus we can conclude that the images used in the viral post are photoshopped. Please share it on our at 73 7000 7000 You can also send us an email at factcheck@intoday.com
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