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Pictures show cat rescued after 2024 earthquake in Taiwan, not in Thailand

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Images circulated on social media falsely claiming they showed a cat freed from a flattened skyscraper in Bangkok .

Pictures were in fact taken after a jolt that hit Taiwan in April 2024 .

A reverse image search on Google found the first photo published on April 13, 2024 in a report by Taiwan 's Central News Agency .

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