【Ikaw Lang Ang Mahal】

"By touching this glowing orb,Ikaw Lang Ang Mahal you hereby swear your eternal allegiance to the international Legion of Doom, got it?"

That's just one of the many theories that began swirling around social media on Sunday when Donald Trump appeared in photos clutching a mysterious, illuminated globe in a darkened room alongside Saudi Arabia's King Salman and Egypt's President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi.

SEE ALSO: Twitter's co-founder is totally sorry for helping Trump get elected

Of course, the explanation behind the seemingly odd photo is far less nefarious: The orb is actually an installation at the Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, according to The Washington Post.

Mashable Trend Report Decode what’s viral, what’s next, and what it all means. Sign up for Mashable’s weekly Trend Report newsletter. By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Thanks for signing up!

Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable

The simultaneous touching of the globe appears to be a gesture of solidarity around peace for the newly opened facility.

But that didn't stop Twitter from coming up with its own amazingly clever explanations anyway.

This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.

This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.

This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.

This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.

This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.

This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.

Thankfully, none of those witty tweets about evil intent are accurate, but we'll keep watching in the coming days, just in case.

---

Featured Video For You

---

Someone made a fidget spinner for adults

---

• Science
• Life
• Shopping
• Deals
• Games
• Digital Culture
• Social Good
• Entertainment

• The Silent Treatment
• Finally, a sweater that will keep your arms warm and, uh, that's it
• This laser
• 'Stranger Things' debuts 'Jaws' poster
• Fear of a Black Universe
• Apple explains what went wrong with Face ID at the iPhone X event
• Betrayal leads 'EVE Online' player to threaten to cut his teammate's hands off
• Why every big tech company wants a 'Game of Thrones'
• Superstar Power
• The history behind that fake photo of a shark swimming on a highway

• The Morning News Roundup for January 12, 2015
• The Morning News Roundup for January 5, 2015
• Happy Haneke by Dan Piepenbring
• Simon Says
• Watching a Cage Fighter Starve Himself
• On the Slaughter
• On Set with Matthew Barney
• New York’s First Daily Newspaper
• Characters Get Together by Sadie Stein
• The Wonders of Industrial

• The Tyranny of the Takes
• Google's parent company might invest $1 billion in Lyft, report says
• Mum lashes out after Instagram deletes photo of child with disability
• The history behind that fake photo of a shark swimming on a highway
• The Deal of the Art
• Facebook makes it clear: You can't make money from violence, porn, and fake news
• Leveling up in 'Destiny 2' can be super confusing, so here's an explainer
• Shonda Rhimes on her new short film for Dove: 'Every single woman is beautiful'
• Othering the Godman
• Harry Potter documentary with J.K. Rowling coming to BBC

• Underwater Photographer of the Year 2022: The winning photos
• Mum lashes out after Instagram deletes photo of child with disability
• Watch out Tesla, Audi's electric concept car looks amazing
• Facebook makes it clear: You can't make money from violence, porn, and fake news
• Hockey Sausage
• An Apple executive just revealed tasty new details about Face ID we didn’t know
• Adorable grandma gently caresses George Clooney's face at TIFF
• Apple quietly released a killer update to iTunes
• Cardinal Cons
• Polaroid OneStep 2 review: Bringing back real Polaroids for $100