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Madrid city hall flies the EU flag at half-mast in a protest against Europe's treatment of refugees and migrants. IMAGES
The United Nations' flag is lowered to half-mast at the UN Bangkok office which hosts 21 UN agencies to commemorate its staff who have been killed and wounded in strikes in Gaza. UNRWA announced on Friday that more than 100 of its employees had died in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war. Israel has been bombing targets across the Gaza Strip since Hamas fighters carried out an unprecedented deadly attack on southern Israeli communities on October 7. IMAGES
The US flag flies at half-mast at the White House to pay tribute to the victims of the deadly shooting in Maine. President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered flags to be lowered to half-mast at the White House and all government buildings after a gunman in the US state of Maine killed at least 18 people. IMAGES
A Chinese flag flies at half-mast outside the ministry of foreign affairs building in Bejing following the death of former leader Jiang Zemin. Jiang died Wednesday at the age of 96, state media reported, hailing him as a great communist revolutionary who helped quell the 1989 pro-democracy protests. IMAGES
Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum and Defence Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval attend a ceremony where the Mexican flag is hoisted at half-mast to commemorate the anniversary of deadly earthquakes in 1985 and 2017. IMAGES