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A social media post claiming various attractions in foreign countries are lit up in celebration of the landslide win of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his running mate Sara Duterte is false.

Facebook user Maricel Bautista Nastor Arellano posted on May 10, a day after elections, photos of the Kingdom Tower in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Calgary Tower in Canada, Eiffel Tower in France, Burj Khalifa in the United Arab Emirates and the Auckland Sky Tower in New Zealand lit up in red and green to mark Marcos and Duterte’s victory.

Green and red are the campaign colors of the Marcos-Duterte team.

Light shows featured in the post were for different reasons, and most of the photos were taken before the May 9 elections.

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