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this is not a Palestinian flag (lemmy.ml)

Explanation: How the watermelon 🍉 became a symbol of Palestinian protest 🇵🇸...

The flag of Angola was adopted on this day (11 November 1975). It stands out with the machete and cogwheel, bearing clear resemblance to the communist hammer and sickle. (upload.wikimedia.org)

The AK-47 and hoe of the Mozambican flag can also be seen as a version of the hammer and sickle, else the symbol is no longer used on national flags today....

Redesign of the flag of Chad (so we don't confuse it with Romania any more). The waves symbolize Lake Chad, the rising sun a new beginning. (files.catbox.moe)

Symbolism mainly taken from the coat of arms:...

Today (November 3) marks 45 years since Dominica adopted its flag. It is the only national flag using the color purple outside a coat of arms. (El Salvador and Nicaragua have purple in their CoA). (upload.wikimedia.org)

(Since you almost need a magnifying glass to see the small purple fields in the rainbows of the flags of El Salvador and Nicaragua, I think they barely count.)...

Which tricolor flag do you think is the ugliest, considering only the color combination? Here are some candidates that I have found. (files.catbox.moe)

Today is the anniversary of the independence of Turkmenistan in 1991. Soon after, a new flag was adopted. With its carpet patterns, Turkmenistan possibly has the world's most complex national flag (upload.wikimedia.org)

(Or rather most complex, excluding flags with complex CoA.)...

Today (October 24) Zambia celebrates its independence day and the adoption of its national flag. The flag is notable for the uncommon choice of having the emblem on the flyside. (images2.imgbox.com)

Wikipedia article about the flag

Spider-Man 2 devs mixed up the Puerto Rican flag with the Cuban one (www.polygon.com)

Whomst among us

Flag map of Japanese prefectures. What do you think of the flags, unique and aesthetically pleasing designs, or glorified logos on single color backgrounds? (images2.imgbox.com)

Here’s an image with the flags and the prefecture names:...

Today, October 18, is Alaska day, commemorating the transfer of Alaska from Russia to USA. This is the Alaskan state flag, voted the fifth best state/province flag in Canada and USA in 2001. (upload.wikimedia.org)

Wikipedia article about the flag...

Today is the anniversary of the self governing island country Niue adapting its flag. In principle a typical colonial design, with Union Jack in the canton, but the stars on it give an original touch. (upload.wikimedia.org)

The large star in the middle represents the island of Niue, the four smaller stars represent the Southern Cross....

Redesign of flag of Uganda. (images2.imgbox.com)

Alternative colors:...

Proposals for a new Fijian flag from 2015. The process of changing flag has since been terminated. (images2.imgbox.com)

Info about the process and the proposals: www.fotw.info/flags/fj!.html

Flag used by Buchara Emirate, early 20th century. (upload.wikimedia.org)

This is a quite obscure flag that little is known about. I can’t even say that it is rotated the correct way and shouldn’t be lying down instead. However, I couldn’t help but opt for the funnier rotation....

Today marks 55 years since Eswatini adopted its current flag on 5 October 1968. Based on official flags, it seems like a bright blue is standard, despite depictions often featuring dark blue. (files.catbox.moe)

There does not seem to be an officially defined shade of blue, but a bright blue is seen in for example these pictures of prime ministers:...

Today marks 17 years without the old flag of Lesotho. I still kind of miss it, and finds the new one much more boring and bland. It was also (arguably) the only national flag using brown, besides CoA (upload.wikimedia.org)

Current flag for reference:...

A whole lot of proposals for the flag of People's Republic of China (images2.imgbox.com)

Today is the anniversary of Thailand/Siam adapting its current flag in 1917! (upload.wikimedia.org)

Back before the current flag, Siam used a red flag with a white elephant:...

On this day, 26 September 1962, the Yemen Arab Republic was declared in North Yemen after a coup d'état. Its flag was a typical red-white-red Arab nationalist flag. (upload.wikimedia.org)

The flag is very similar to the flag of Syria and Iraq, which had similar Arab nationalist regimes. In fact, for a time, the three countries had flags with one, two and three stars respectively!...

Cambodia has been through a lot of political regimes during the 20th century. As a consequence, they have also been through a lot of flags, before finally adopting the current one, 30 years ago today. (images2.imgbox.com)

The presence of Angkor Wat has been remarkably stable across the various flags. It also makes the Cambodian flag on of the only four state flags to feature a building. The other are the flags of Portugal, San Marino and Spain....

Proposed flag of Malta, replacing the George cross with a Maltese cross. The George cross is seen by some as a colonial symbol, and the appropriateness of a military award on a flag is also questioned (upload.wikimedia.org)

The George cross is indeed a British military award, that Malta received in 1942 for its bravery in WWII....

Today marks 40 years since the Caribbean nation Saint Kitts and Nevis adopted this flag! (19 September 1983) (upload.wikimedia.org)

Nevis, the smaller of the two islands, also has its own flag:...

OC My sinful California flag redesign

The original winning design for the flag of Malaysia. IMO a nicer flag, without any inadvertent associations to Liberia and USA. (upload.wikimedia.org)

This flag won a nationwide poll in 1949, but some changes were made to it afterwards, leading to the Malaysian flag we know today. The reason for these changes seems somewhat unclear, more than that the politician Onn Jaafar suggested them....