An Afghan woman whose photograph as a young refugee with piercing green eyes was published on the cover of National Geographic in 1985, becoming a symbol of the turmoil of war in Afghanistan, was arrested on Wednesday in Pakistan on charges of fraudulently obtaining national identity cards.
The woman, Sharbat Gula, was arrested at her residence in the northwestern city of Peshawar after more than a year of investigation, said Shahid Ilyas, the assistant director of the Federal Investigation Authority.
“We raided the house and picked her up,” he said. “It took us a while to collect all the evidence against her, and the officials involved in helping her and her two sons get Pakistani national identity cards.”
The 2016 Summer Paralympics
The 2016 Summer Paralympic Games have reached day 5, as more than 4,300 athletes representing 160 countries compete in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Competitions have already taken place in judo, cycling, track and field, swimming, archery, and more. The Games, which continue until September 18, are designed for athletes with disabilities and feature 22 sports in all. Collected here is just a small glimpse of these inspirational “superhuman” athletes as they take part in the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
You shouldn’t believe your eyes: how to identify fake images online
One of the first and most useful things you can do is to perform a reverse image search, using a service like Google Images orTinEye. You may want to use both, because they sometimes provide different results.
.. “If you find any matches, look for the earliest appearance. If the earlier version looks different than the version you have, then your version is probably modified. Even if the image doesn’t appear modified, you may discover that the image is not what it claims to be. For example, it’s not uncommon for an image to appear on social media claiming to be of a crowd in a recent protest, but reverse image searches then reveal that the image was actually taken in a completely different city years earlier.”
A Single Photo From Baton Rouge That’s Hard to Forget
It is a remarkable picture. A single woman stands in the roadway, feet firmly planted. She poses no obvious threat. She is there to protest the excessive force which Baton Rouge police allegedly deploy against the city’s black citizens. She stands in front of police headquarters, on Saturday. And she is being arrested by officers who look better prepared for a war than a peaceful protest.