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Today, July 9, is the 12th anniversary of the independence of South Sudan, the world's youngest country. This is their flag. (upload.wikimedia.org)

It is often said that a flag should not have more than three, maybe four colors, but I think South Sudan does quite well with six colors.

Al-Sulami flag, which was historically used by the Al Bin Ali tribe, and from which the current flags of Bahrain and Qatar originated. (upload.wikimedia.org)

Wikipedia page...

Chicago has the greatest municipal flag in the world. (cdn.britannica.com)

Article on the 100th anniversary of the flag of the city of Chicago: www.britannica.com/story/…/3ZAXcHF.jpg)

On this day, July 9 1971, Qatar officially adopted its current flag. It is the longest flag in the world, with a height-width ratio of 11:28. (upload.wikimedia.org)

Wikipedia page about the flag

Today, July 7, Solomon Islands celebrate 45 years as an independent nation. Here's their flag! (upload.wikimedia.org)

The five stars originally represented the five provinces. However, the province division has been redrawn since, but they still kept the five stars....

Today, July 6, is Malawi Independence day. Here's the flag they adopted when gaining independence from UK in 1964. (upload.wikimedia.org)

Today, July 5, Cape Verde celebrates their independence from Portugal in 1975. This is their flag! (upload.wikimedia.org)

Originally, they had this flag from 1975-1992:...

Today, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), founded on July 4 1973, turns 50! It is a political and economic union with 15 member states in the Caribbean region. Here's its flag! (upload.wikimedia.org)

Map of members: CARICOM members map...

415 years ago, on July 3 1608, Quebec City was founded by Samuel de Champlain. Since 1987, this is the flag of the city (not province). (upload.wikimedia.org)

Today, July 2, is the Day of the Flag in Curaçao, celebrating that the flag was adopted on this day in 1984. (upload.wikimedia.org)

Flag of Canada (Happy Canada Day!) (upload.wikimedia.org)

The flag of Papua New Guinea was adopted on this day, 1 July 1971. The design, created by schoolgirl Susan Karike, was chosen through a nationwide contest. (upload.wikimedia.org)

This was an earlier proposal, but in my opinion the current flag looks better: Proposal PNG flag

On this day, June 30 1964, the flag of Tanzania was adopted. Just as the country itself, the new flag merged the flags of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. (lemmy.world)

47 years ago, 1976, Seychelles gained its independence. This was the original flag. (upload.wikimedia.org)

On June 28, 1967, 56 years ago today, Burundi adapted its current flag. (upload.wikimedia.org)

When it first became independent, in 1962, it had a sorghum plant and a drum in the middle instead of the stars:...

Today is International Olympic Day. Here's the Olympic flag. The five rings represent the five continents, but in no ring is connected to a specific continent. (upload.wikimedia.org)

Flag of People's Republic of Korea, a provisional government for all of Korea, right after WWII, (lemmy.world)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Republic_of_Korea