A photo has been shared thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts alongside a claim it shows bodies of those killed by COVID-19.
Below is a screenshot of the misleading Facebook post:, "The posts Sinhala-language photo caption translates to English as: “This is the situation in some countries - understand the situation and stay home”.", The posts were\xa0published as millions of people worldwide continue to live under “stay home” orders, with governments enforcing lockdowns and closing borders to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. As of April 16, 2020, the World Health Organization\xa0has reported at least 130,000 COVID-19 deaths and almost two\xa0million infections\xa0globally., The photo was also shared here, here, here, and here on Facebook with\xa0similar claims., But the\xa0claims about the photo are\xa0misleading., "A reverse Google image search of the photo found that it\xa0was published\xa0here\xa0by the\xa0Associated Press (AP), a\xa0US-based news agency. The photos caption\xa0states it was taken on December 30, 2004 in Thailand.", "The photo description states: “In this Dec. 30, 2004 file photo, Thais walk outside a Buddhist temple, near Takuapa, Thailand, where more than 1,000 bodies have been gathered. Friday marks the 10th anniversary of one of the deadliest natural disasters in world history: a tsunami, triggered by a massive earthquake off the Indonesian coast, leaving more than 230,000 people dead in 14 countries and causing about $10 billion in damage. Countries from Indonesia to India to Africas east coast were hit, leaving shocking scenes of death and destruction.”", Below is a screenshot comparison of the photo in the misleading post (L) and the AP photo (R) :, , Copyright © AFP 2017-2020.  All rights reserved.  Users can access and consult this website and use the share features available for personal, private, and non-commercial purposes.  Any other use, in particular any reproduction, communication to the public or distribution of the content of this website, in whole or in part, for any other purpose and/or by any other means, without a specific licence agreement signed with AFP, is strictly prohibited.  The subject matter depicted or included via links within the Fact Checking content is provided to the extent necessary for correct understanding of the verification of the information concerned.  AFP has not obtained any rights from the authors or copyright owners of this third party content and shall incur no liability in this regard.  AFP and its logo are registered trademarks.
This photo actually shows victims of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami in Thailand | AFP Fact Check