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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
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
The US flag on top of the White House flies at half mast the morning after the US surpassed 500,000 deaths from Covid-19. President Joe Biden ordered flags on all US federal buildings to be lowered in commemoration of those who have died. IMAGES
The American flag atop the White House flies at half mast after US President Joe Biden ordered flags on all US federal buildings to be lowered in commemoration of more than 500,000 lives lost during the coronavirus pandemic. IMAGES
An official period of mourning began today in the Community of Madrid, decreed by the president Isabel Díaz Ayuso, as a sign of condolence and in memory of those who died due to COVID-19. IMAGES of the Community of Madrid's headquarters and the flag