Upload Animated Pictures on Facebook Page/Profile [Cover Photo and Life Events]

To insert animated picture on your profile’s cover picture:

Step #1: Go to someone’s Timeline, example mine. You can also make use of any page.

Step #2: Open the Cover Photo.

Step #3: Analyse the URL of the picture. Copy the value of fbid and paste it in Notepad for easy use.

Example: If you find a URL like the one below, then the fbid is 500330216647437
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=500330216647437&set=a.341957575818036.98360.100000113880511&type=1&theater

Step #4: Go to your Profile and hover on your timeline. Choose Change Cover option. Select Choose from Photos and select any album of yours.

Step #5: Right click on the first picture and choose Inspect element.

Step #6: Find something in the code as shown in the below picture. This will look like fbid which you copied from others profile or page. Just replace that ID with the one which you copied from other page or profile. To replace the ID, double click on it. 

Step #7: Click on the first picture which you right clicked for changing the code (set it as cover picture). Now, it’s time for you to show off your friends or fans.

You can also insert animated cover photo on Facebook page. Follow the same above method for pages.

To insert animated picture on Life event:

Step 1: Go to someone’s timeline and see about of theirs. You may also use my profile. I have some animated images added in my Life event. you can make use of that. My profile link is available in the step 1 of the above tutorial.

Step 2: Open the picture which gets animated on their Life event. Please note, that you can also use your other’s animated cover photo for inserting it into your timeline.

Step 3: Copy the value of fbid from the Photo URL.

Step 4: Go to your profile and in status box, choose Life Event. Choose any type of event, say Travel & Experiences > other Life Event > Choose from photos.

Step 5: Enter the name for the event and click on Choose from Photos. From now, Follow the Step #5, #6, #7 of the above tutorial.

Some animated fbid : 
503736009640191, 290122814428559, 254150484703214, 166611270140108,
3401371797303  ** will update more **

Thanks to : Arjun.