Breaking News -bellingcat osint challenge
This OSINT challenge tasks participants with identifying why a specific street made international news in 2025. Using visual clues from Google Street View, solvers must geolocate the exact spot and connect it to a real-world event that triggered widespread public attention. The final step requires correlating that location with a contemporaneous news article published by Al Jazeera, specifically extracting the last two words of the article’s title that featured a header image taken from the same vantage point. The challenge tests geolocation accuracy, temporal awareness, and the ability to cross-reference imagery with credible media reporting - core OSINT skills under real-world constraints.
Jan 14, 2026