The real photos from Venezuela’s protests are very disturbing
Some pictures that have gone viral from the protests in Venezuela aren’t true. These are.
A man attends a protest against the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas.
Thousands have taken to the streets in Venezuela in recent weeks to voice their discontent with President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government.
The protesters have been heavily reliant on social media, with the country going through the "worst media blackout in our history right now," according to Lorena Di Cecilia, chief of operations at Digital Monitoring, a Caracas-based media watchdog.
Unfortunately, some of the most memorable photos to come out of the protests aren't even real.
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Some are from other protests in other countries, while others were taken years earlier.
But these photos are very real. And deeply unsettling.
Here are 10 pictures that show what's really been going on in Venezuela.