Allahabadi Worldview

On a micro blogging site, I came across a photograph showing 'a pool of blood on the mid of the road'. You might have also seen that but I found it very interesting as people were claiming it to be shot after recent attack in Baghdad  where more than 200 people lost their lives. I was about to do what almost all of us do ie., reTweet. But I didn't, instead I went to Google reverse search option to check veracity of the image. Well we have so many reverse image search sites like TINEYE  who give a comprehensive report of the images. So what did I found? First, it was not an image of Iraq after the attacks. Second, It was making rounds in social media since 2013 and lastly, I didn't find any credible media house using the image. That image was mostly shared on twitter, facebook or some local blog posts. One of you might argue that that image might be posted by some random social media user ( not aligned to any media house). Yes, there is possibility but the