As we celebrate Information Literacy Awareness Month, we challenge you to demonstrate your skills as an image detective.
There are a lot of amazing picture posted on the web, but many of them are real and others are not – there are so many ways to alter images or pass them for what they are not by adding a misleading caption. Let’s see how good you are at spotting fakery!

Please submit your response below. See contest rules, prizes, and contact information here.  We have decided to modify the rules: those who submit correct answers to 3 or more daily challenges will be eligible for additional prizes.

Monday challenge answer:

The first two images are real. The Sony Animalia Speakers is a fake. It was published in a spoof press release on 31 March 2013 and intended for April Fool’s Day.

Monday challenge winner: Yu Mao.

Today’s challenge:

Which of these images is/are real? What fakery techniques (digital manipulation, cropping, false caption, etc.) were used for fake images? How did you verify image authenticity?

Image 1: Obama still a smoker!

Image 2: Standing portrait of President Lincoln

Image 3: Hitler meets with Leni Riefenstahl

Submit your answer below. Make sure you answer all the questions fully!

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Please come back tomorrow for a new question and the answer to today’s challenge!