This is not the PM of Italy crying over Covid-19 deaths
A photo of a crying man is
doing the rounds on social media with the claim that this is the Italian Prime
Minister who could not control his tears over the rising death toll due to
Covid-19 in his country. Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found that a viral post is misleading.
With over 5,000 deaths and
rising by the hour, Italy has been the worst affected by the coronavirus
outbreak. Amid this, a photo of a crying man is doing the rounds on social
media with the claim that this is the Italian Prime Minister who could not control
his tears over the rising death toll due to Covid-19 in his country.
Claiming that the Italian PM
has lost all hopes, social media users are sharing an article by a website
called "The Daily Bihar". This article too has used the same picture
and claims that the Italian PM broke down over Covid-19 deaths in his country.
The archived version of the article can be seen here.
India Today Anti Fake News
War Room (AFWA) has found that the viral post is misleading. The man seen in
the picture is not the Italian PM but Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. The
picture was taken last year in December when Bolsonaro got emotional while
recollecting an incident during an official event.
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| This is not the PM of Italy crying over Covid-19 deaths |
The misleading post has been
shared by thousands of social media users.
With the help of Google
reverse image search, we found a Brazilian website "PODER 360" which
used the viral picture in an article in December 2019. As per the translation
of this article, Bolsonaro got emotional during a 'Thanksgiving' event at his office.
During this, he also broke down while remembering the knife attack he suffered
during an election campaign in 2018.
We also found a YouTube video
of the event. The video was uploaded by a verified channel showing Bolsonaro
getting emotional and crying. AFWA could not find any credible news report
saying Italian PM Giuseppe Conte broke down over Covid-19 deaths in his
country.
Therefore, we can say that
the man seen crying in the viral picture is Brazilian
President Jair Bolsonaro and not Italian PM Giuseppe Conte. Also, the picture was
taken a few months back and has no relation to coronavirus.
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