Fact-checked by: AFP

2020/03/03 | India

FALSE: The photos show Indians bathing in cow dung to prevent infection.

Explanation: The photos show participants at an annual cow dung festival held in the southern region of India in October 2019, several weeks before COVID-19 was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

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