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I'm pretty sure this is AI judging by this. Any good spotters in the crowd?
Also, why not a reuter's link? I did a reverse search and no images came up.
The same photo was used by the Guardian, with full credit to the photographer (second photo from top):
Also in that article an unsung hero with a bullhorn hitting two conservative fallacies with one truth:
Thank you for your viligence. Although I don't see the AI tell in the area you enlarged.
Here is a source link.
https://www.reutersconnect.com/item/fourth-of-july-celebrations-in-washington/dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjY6bmV3c21sX1JDMjE3TUEwRFA2VQ
It's the fingers, they bend backwards. Thanks for the link though, it does seem to be legit.
Hmm, I don't see that. They look to be resting fingers curled normally to me. The arm is bent kinda weird however but I think that is just due to the bigoted fascist trying to act tough in a way very unnatural to them.
When I look at it, I can see now why you say that. The shadows are doing weird things. Trolls have been trying to stir up shit quite a bit this last week. I'm really glad this is legit, but also it's depressing.
Not sure but but there seems to be multiple images google image search
OP and I figured it out and I was wrong. The hand shadows were making it look weird, but it was like an optical illusion. He provided the link to Reuters too.