Claim: Photos of Kuwait recording 73 degrees Celsius in the sun and 53 degrees Celsius in the shade.
Fact-check: Old Photos are being shared with a false narrative of 'Kuwait recording 73-degrees temperature' - FACTLY
Verdict: all the photos attached to the post are old. photo 1 was taken in arizona, usa in june 2018. photo 2 is circulating on social media since 2019. photo 3 is from an article published on kuwait in 2016. photo 4 has been circulating on social media since 2018 in different contexts. however, the world record for the highest temperature stands at 56.7 degree celsius, recorded at death valley in furnace creek ranch, california, on 10 july 1913 and not 73 degrees celsius. hence the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Abhishek Mandadi
Date published: 2021-07-07T11:59:45