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v. t. e. Facebook is a social networking service that has been gradually replacing traditional media channels since 2010. [1][2] Facebook has limited moderation of the content posted to its site. Because the site indiscriminately displays material publicly posted by users, Facebook can, in effect, threaten oppressive governments.
Byzantine flags and insignia. For most of its history, the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire did not use heraldry in the Western European sense of permanent motifs transmitted through hereditary right. [1] Various large aristocratic families employed certain symbols to identify themselves; [1] the use of the cross, and of icons of Christ, the ...
A collage of various national flags around the world (clockwise from top-left): The flag of Brazil being digitally drawn on a computer. The flag of Papua New Guinea on the patch of a soldier. A sports fan waving the flag of South Africa. Giant flag of Turkey made of Lego bricks. Flag of the United States on the moon during the Apollo 15 moon landing. Flags of the United Kingdom and India are ...
Flag. United Nations members' national flags. Setting up a flag could also possess the meaning of conquering something. Jaan Künnap with the flag of Estonia at the top of Lenin Peak (7,134 m [23,406 feet]) in 1989. A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular) with distinctive colours and design.
Heraldic flag. In heraldry and vexillology, a heraldic flag is a flag containing coats of arms, heraldic badges, or other devices used for personal identification. Heraldic flags include banners, standards, pennons and their variants, gonfalons, guidons, and pinsels. Specifications governing heraldic flags vary from country to country, and have ...
This is a list of flags, arranged by design, serving as a navigational aid for identifying a given flag.Uncharged flags are flags that either are solid or contain only rectangles, squares and crosses but no crescents, circles, stars, triangles, maps, flags, coats of arms or other objects or symbols.
The flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbo-Croatian: zastava Bosne i Hercegovine / застава Босне и Херцеговине) contains a medium blue field with a yellow right triangle separating said field, and there are seven full five-pointed white stars and two half stars top and bottom along the hypotenuse of the triangle.
Flag of Northern Ireland. The Union Jack. The Ulster Banner. Saint Patrick's Saltire. The only official flag for Northern Ireland is the Union Flag or Union Jack, the flag of the United Kingdom; there is no official local flag that represents only Northern Ireland. [1][2][3][4] The flying of various flags in Northern Ireland is a significant ...