This photo was published to Twitter on Jan. 7, 2020, with the caption: “Image is more powerful than screams of Greta. A silent girl is holding a koala. She looks straight at you from the waters of the ocean where they found a refuge. She is wearing a breathing mask. A wall of fire is behind them. I do not know the name of the photographer #Australia." A reverse image search on Google shows the image was first published by the artist Thuie on Dec. 22, 2019, having digitally altered a photo of her daughter as artistic expression. This image was published to Facebook on Jan. 5, 2020, purporting to credit the photo as one from the ongoing Australian wildfires shared by the University of Sydney. it actually shows a stuffed tiger after it was set ablaze by Indonesian authorities in 2012, originally published in 2012 by Shutterstock Editorial. (Image via CNS)
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