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Explanation
An image of Prime Minister Modi on stage with Rihanna, a Barbadian singer is viral mocking that Modi is looking at Rihanna. This image is doing rounds on the internet since 2021. Similar posts can been seen here and here.
What is the truth?
When reverse searching the viral image, a ‘Mirror’ article titled ‘Rihanna is chic in off-the-shoulder dress as she collects Harvard’s 2017 Humanitarian of the Year Award’ dated ‘1, March 2017’ is found carrying a set of images with the caption ‘Rihanna receives the 2017 Harvard University Humanitarian of the Year Award’. And one of the pictures from the gallery reveals that the viral image is edited.
When closely watching Rihanna’s image from ‘Mirror’ article, it is found that the viral image is edited. This particular image of Rihanna was edited with a picture of Modi from an event.
When searching for the source of Modi’s original image, we found a comment dated 8, June 2021 by ‘Siddhesh Tervankar’ carrying a part of the viral image.
Though we could not ascertain the exact event from which Modi’s image is edited, we could verify that the viral image is edited.
Conclusion
It is found that the viral image of Modi looking at Rihanna is edited and fake.
