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FACT CHECK: No, this is not a photo of a rally held by a political party chaired by Sara Duterte

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Agence France-Presse

<p>A Facebook post has shared a photo it claims shows a rally held by Hugpong ng Pagbabago, a political party led by Sara Duterte, daughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. The claim is false; the photo is a Getty Images photo of a 2018 rally for gun reform in Washington D.C.</p><p>The misleading post, which has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook since it was published on March 11, 2019, contains a photo of a street filled with people, many of whom are carrying placards.</p><p>Below is a screenshot of the post:</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/03/13/20190313-fact-check-1.jpg"/><figcaption>A screenshot of the misleading Facebook post</figcaption></figure></div><p>The post’s caption says: “Hugpong ng Pagbabago rally. Thanks for being one with us.” Hugpong ng Pagbabago, which means “Alliance for Change” in Tagalog, is a regional political party.</p><p>It is chaired by Sara Duterte, daughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and mayor of the southern city of Davao. </p><p>The party has announced it is endorsing a handful of mainly pro-administration candidates in the Philippines’ midterm elections in May.</p><p>AFP conducted a reverse image search and found the photo used in the misleading post was actually taken by international photo agency Getty Images.</p><p>Below is a screenshot of the Getty photo:</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/03/13/20190313-fact-check-2.jpg"/><figcaption>A screenshot of the original photo on the Getty Images website</figcaption></figure></div><p>The caption says the image was taken on March 24, 2018 and shows protesters at a “March for Our Lives” rally in Washington, D.C.</p><p>“March for Our Lives” rallies were held across the US on March 24, 2018, calling for gun law reforms following a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in February 2018. </p><p>Here is an AFP report on the shooting. Here is an AFP report on a “March for Our Lives” rally in Parkland, Florida on March 24, 2018.</p><p>Here is the location of the Getty Images photo on Google Street View:</p><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="450" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!4v1552475797785!6m8!1m7!1sEWkOJPBMaw_rRuZi_whRKg!2m2!1d38.8926325326949!2d-77.01961450669407!3f307.16!4f0.5999999999999943!5f1.1093371934926033" style="border:0" width="600"></iframe></div><p>Below is the Getty photo (left) alongside the photo used in the misleading Facebook post (right).</p><p>The original and misleading images both have the same key details: a building in the left background with several columns, a boxy glass building to the right and rows of distinctive street lights with round lamps.</p><p>Using Invid, an image and video verification tool, AFP magnified an element that can be seen in both the original and the misleadingly used image: a placard bearing the letters “NRA.” </p><p>AFP has circled the two placards in the crowd that are identical in both images:</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/03/13/20190313-fact-check-3.jpg"/><figcaption>The NRA placard circled on the Getty photograph (left) and the same placard circled on the misleading Facebook post (right)</figcaption></figure></div>

<p>The misleading post, which has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook since it was published on March 11, 2019, contains a photo of a street filled with people, many of whom are carrying placards.</p>

The misleading post, which has been shared hundreds of times on Facebook since it was published on March 11, 2019, contains a photo of a street filled with people, many of whom are carrying placards.