Macron, Celebrities Fact-Checked After Sharing Fake Viral Photos of Amazon Fire

An activist demonstrates against the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, at Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 25, 2019. Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images

French President Emmanuel Macron is among those to have shared photos of the burning Amazon forest that were later revealed to be fake.

Graphic images of forest fires—unrelated to the current blaze in the Amazon basin other than by virtue of the fact that they vividly portray burning trees—are going viral after being shared by famous people with exceptional reach on social media platforms.