2021 may go down as the year of the coronavirus vaccine, but it also brought an unprecedented number of European elections and many other stories.
Throughout the last 12 months, false information and misleading rumours have continued to spread rapidly online and offline.
Euronews' social media newsdesk, The Cube, has been fact-checking and debunking misinformation throughout the year.
From COVID-19 to Kabul, here are some of the highlights.
Before vaccines were rolled out to populations around the world, social media was awash with misleading claims about potential cures for COVID-19.
False claims online had suggested that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) was deliberately ignoring a "miracle" cure.
Ivermectin is commonly used to treat parasitic infections -- in both humans and other animals -- but COVID-19 patients should not pick up some tablets from their local vet.
The EMA and the World Health Organization (WHO) have both stressed that only a dangerously high concentration of ivermectin would have a significant medical impact -- but would also carry toxic side effects.
"We're not just fighting an epidemic; we're fighting an infodemic," said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in February 2020.
One year on, false claims about potential medicines were still gaining traction across the globe.
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