Does a real photo show the political and climate activist Greta Thunberg wearing a revealing keyhole T-shirt along with her signature frog hat? No, that's not true: The photo of Greta Thunberg has been digitally edited. The shirt Thunberg actually wore when she was photographed in Barcelona, Spain, is a crop top which does not have a cutout below the neckline. Thunberg, with many other activists on the Global Sumud Flotilla, set sail from Barcelona to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
The edited image appeared in a post (archived here) published on X by @CAMELCASTOff on Sept. 2, 2025. It was captioned:
You know what. I believe in climate change now
This is the edited photo which appeared in the post:
(Image Source: Lead Stories screenshot from @CAMELCASTOff post on X)
The original unedited photo (archived here) was published on X on Sept. 1, 2025 by Splash News (embedded below), a tabloid style account by the editorial stock image website Shutterstock.
Greta Thunberg seen in Barcelona preparing for her second aid flotilla trip to Gaza, accompanied by her boyfriend Chris Kebbon ⛵️
-- Splash News (@SplashNews) September 1, 2025
Thunberg already tried to reach Gaza on board a British-flagged yacht in June, but she and other activists were detained by Israeli forces and... pic.twitter.com/LvyUoHxata
Additional reporting about the flotilla's departure, including a video spot with Thunberg explaining their mission, was published by APnews (archived here) on Aug. 31, 2025.
