PHOTOS: UN flags fly at half-mast to mourn lives lost of staff during Gaza bombing

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An employee at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for supporting Palestinians lowers the UN Flag on the roof of the organisation’s regional offices in the Lebanese capital Beirut on November 13, 2023. Flags flew at half-mast at United Nations compounds across the globe on November 13, as staff observed a minute’s silence in memory of colleagues killed in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas conflict. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
An employee at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for supporting Palestinians lowers the UN Flag on the roof of the organisation’s regional offices in the Lebanese capital Beirut on November 13, 2023. Flags flew at half-mast at United Nations compounds across the globe on November 13, as staff observed a minute’s silence in memory of colleagues killed in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas conflict. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
A United Nations flag flies at half-mast to mourn the lives of UN workers lost during the war between Israel and Hamas, in front of its building in Beijing on November 13, 2023. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP)
A United Nations flag flies at half-mast to mourn the lives of UN workers lost during the war between Israel and Hamas, in front of its building in Beijing on November 13, 2023. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP)
TOPSHOT - Security officials look on as the United Nations flag flies at half-mast to mourn the lives of UN workers lost during the war between Israel and Hamas, at the United Nations Office Nairobi (UNON) in Nairobi on November 13, 2023. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP)
TOPSHOT - Security officials look on as the United Nations flag flies at half-mast to mourn the lives of UN workers lost during the war between Israel and Hamas, at the United Nations Office Nairobi (UNON) in Nairobi on November 13, 2023. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP)

An employee at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for supporting Palestinians lowers the UN Flag on the roof of the organisation’s regional offices in the Lebanese capital Beirut on November 13, 2023. — AFP
An employee at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for supporting Palestinians lowers the UN Flag on the roof of the organisation’s regional offices in the Lebanese capital Beirut on November 13, 2023. — AFP

A United Nations flag flies at half-mast to mourn the lives of UN workers lost during the war between Israel and Hamas, in front of its building in Beijing on November 13, 2023. — AFP
A United Nations flag flies at half-mast to mourn the lives of UN workers lost during the war between Israel and Hamas, in front of its building in Beijing on November 13, 2023. — AFP

Security officials look on as the United Nations flag flies at half-mast to mourn the lives of UN workers lost during the war between Israel and Hamas, at the United Nations Office in Nairobi on November 13, 2023. — AFP)
Security officials look on as the United Nations flag flies at half-mast to mourn the lives of UN workers lost during the war between Israel and Hamas, at the United Nations Office in Nairobi on November 13, 2023. — AFP)

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