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An image of the Turkish flag is projected onto the Erbil citadel ahead of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. IMAGES
Several thousand activists and supporters of Alt-Info, a Georgian ultra-conservative pro-Russian movement, rally outside the headquarters of the ruling Georgian Dream party and burn European Union flags to protest the recent refusal of their registration as a political party. Activists from the group, which started as a TV channel espousing anti-liberal viewpoints, have previously been accused of assaulting participants at gay pride parades in the capital Tbilisi. IMAGES
The NATO flag is hoisted at a military base in the Swedish capital Stockholm, symbolising the Nordic country's accession into the military alliance. On 7 March 2024, Sweden became the 32nd member of NATO in the shadow of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, turning the page on two centuries of non-alignment. IMAGES
The Ukrainian flag is hoisted in front of the European Union Commission building to mark the second anniversary of the war against Russia. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron and Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu, attend a flag-raising ceremony at Cherbourg naval base, northwestern France, as part of a traditional tribute to the armed forces. IMAGES