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Lead Stories says: Faux Flags
Is this a real photo showing Pride rainbow flags on the field ahead of the Iran-Egypt World Cup game in Seattle on June 26, 2026? No, that's not true: The image is AI-generated, an online detection tool identified it as such by detecting a SynthID watermark. There are no credible reports that Pride flags appeared on the field before the match.
The claim appeared in a post and image (archived here) by the @zachleft account on X on June 27, 2026. It read:
This is what the image looked like at the time of writing:
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Image source: post by @zachleft on X.
Image analysis
Lead Stories ran the image through OpenAI's tool to verifyOpenAI-generated images (archived here). The tool reached this conclusion:
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Image source: OpenAI.
Lead Stories found an image (archived here) from the actual Iran-Egypt World Cup match in Seattle, and it does not show Pride flags on the field. Instead, it shows the flags of the respective countries:
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Image source: Stu Forster/Getty Images.
Lead Stories reviewed a video replay (archived here) of the Iran-Egypt match, which also showed the flags of the two nations on the field, not the Pride flags. This screenshot is from about 30 seconds into the video:
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Image source: Fox Sports.
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