Fact check: Glastonbury photo from 2015, not 2022 Thunberg speech

The claim: Photo shows Glastonbury 2022 after Greta Thunberg climate change speech

At this year's Glastonbury music festival, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke about the need for immediate action to address climate change.

Some social media users are now claiming that a photo showing trash-strewn Glastonbury festival grounds was taken following Thunberg's speech.

"The aftermath of Glastonbury, where they all cheered in support of Greta Thunberg who was flown in to lecture on the planet, the largest gathering of hypocrites," reads a June 27 Facebook post featuring the image.

The post received a handful of interactions, but a June 27 Instagram version written in Portuguese received nearly 100,000 likes.

The claim also spread on Twitter.

But the claim is wrong. The photo shows Glastonbury in 2015.

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USA TODAY reached out to the Facebook and Instagram users who shared the claim for comment. The Twitter user could not be reached.

Photo from Glastonbury 2015

The photo of trash and debris in front of the Glastonbury "Pyramid Stage" was featured in a 2015 article about festival clean-up efforts published by British news outlet Daily Mail.

It is included in a photo reel titled "Mess: The clean up of Glastonbury 2015 has begun, with volunteers picking up litter and collecting stray wellies and abandoned tents."

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The photo is credited to photographer David Hedges and the newswire SWNS. Hedges told AFP the photo was taken by him in 2015 and that he no longer works for SWNS.

The newswire posted the photo on Facebook in 2015.

Our rating: False

Based on our research, we rate FALSE the claim that a photo shows Glastonbury 2022 after Greta Thunberg's climate change speech. The photo was taken in 2015.

Our fact-check sources:

• AFP, July 3, This photo was shot during the 2015 Glastonbury Festival -- not after Greta Thunberg's speech in 2022

• The Guardian, June 25, Greta Thunberg makes surprise appearance at Glastonbury festival

• Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, accessed July 5, Line-up

• Daily Mail, June 29, 2015, No laughing matter: Thousands of 'hippy crack' canisters are swept up in massive Glastonbury clean-up operation

• SWNS, June 29, 2015, Facebook post

• SWNS, accessed July 5, About us

• Daily Mail, June 29, 2015, Mess: The clean up of Glastonbury 2015 has begun, with volunteers picking up litter and collecting stray wellies and abandoned tents

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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Fact check: Photo shoes Glastonbury 2015, not after Thunberg speech