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I also located this person17, who uploaded video from Abobo and previous RHDP rallies.
Checking other Twitvids on his account leads to a video uploaded on the day18 of the protest.
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I looked further at his Twitter timeline and found other references to RHDP on that day19. That
led me to other links, such as this news report of the event20. It included a photo credited to
Reuters that showed victims matching those in our video.
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Running a Google Image Search21 on the photo confirmed it wasn’t used prior to March 3.
However, the results also show that a Guardian article22 credited AFP/Getty Images and not
Reuters. This meant a credible photographer was on the ground at the event.
I dug further into the photo, shown below.
The image is consistent with the picture of the victim at 5:30 in the lead video. The victim is
covered by garments and green leaves used by many of the demonstrators. Note the tight,
dark blue T-shirt worn by the victim and the distinctive garment with a square pattern of red,
orange, white and dark lines, shown over the page in a close-up.
France 24 Observateurs was also provided with photos23 from the event by sources in Abidjan. We at Storyful confirmed this with France 24.
Other searches uncovered a photo-diary published here24 by an Agence France-Presse
journalist, Issouf Sanogo. Sanogo interviewed a woman named Sirah Drane, who says she
helped organize the demonstration on March 3. Drane says she was holding a megaphone
to address the large crowd that had gathered at a traffic circle in Abobo. A woman matching
this description is seen in the video.
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