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How to check whether a photo is really from today.

Reverse image search compares colour, shape and texture rather than words: the service computes a compact fingerprint from the picture and searches the index for near matches. Upload the image to Google Lens, TinEye, Bing or Yandex. If you find older hits, the photo belongs to a different event.

Useful: The oldest hit wins: it shows where an image actually came from.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

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