Exactly...fake unless the depict a flat earth. That kind of logic...
if you'd actually care you know they aren't, but you don't...
The are likely fake regardless of the shape of the Earth in the photos.
Likely isn't conclusive and there is no reason to assume that these are "likely" fake.
There is also no reason to assume they are real, which is why pictures are not considered evidence here one way or the other.
If that is you stance, do not call that these are likely fake, because you're reasoning allow for NO stance as "likely" fake or "likely" real, but being "inconclusive". You reply strongly suggest you have a biased view.
However there are in fact tons of reasons. If you'd care you'd know them. The fact the launches can be publicly witnessed. Especially in the days of the space shuttle, now they're launching from Kazachstan it is a lot harder to get there, but still these launches are monitored and witnessed by tens if not hundreds of people.
The fact that the ISS can be seen from Earth. The fact that there are no indications these are fake. No Snowden-like person who leaked information on this, while PRISM was meant to be completely off radar, but I digress. We're talking about great PUBLIC organizations, with thousands of people involved. The fact that so many pictures exist and not one standing out of the ordinary, about this space walk there is hours of footage from beginning till end, all publicly available.
Something which is quite the contrary to what North-Korea does when it lies to its people. North Korea for example tends to keep public available imaging and videos to the minimum. Even the world cup against Brasil was only shown after the match was played and only the good parts were shown to the mighty people of North Korea.
#ws" class="bbc_link" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">North Korea won the world cup 2010 !Iran? Same story...this one is claimed to be the latest and stealthiest aircraft. All it did was publish some pictures of a mock-up plane. Later they published a picture of that same plane flying. Well...."flying". Photoshop of the same mock-up plane over a mountain picture. An Iranian blogger noticed all the fakery..
http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/02/13/Fake-stealth-plane-Iran-photoshops-super-jet-jet-still-cant-fly/5541360782836/Then, the USA who DO have a very stealthy aircraft..the F-117, a lot of pictures and videos are widely available. Even the public can see the plane for real during airshows...publicly available..
Again, there is no reason whatsoever to assume these pictures are even "slightliest" fake.