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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
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
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 atop the White House is at half-staff to honor the victims of the mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, that killed ten people, including a police officer. President Biden's order to lower flags comes just one day after they were raised from half-staff to honor the victims killed in a shooting spree in Atlanta. IMAGES
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