<P> The French flag is flown half mast on any Day of Mourning by order of the government (for example after the Charlie Hebdo attack on 7 January 2015, the Paris attacks on 13 November 2015 and the Nice attack on 14 July 2016). Other countries have also flown the French flag at half mast because of this too . (Australia's Sydney Harbour Bridge flew the French flag at half mast because of the Paris attacks on 13 November 2015). </P> <P> Some occurrences of the French flag being flown half mast have been controversial, especially after the death of Pope John Paul II in 2005 but also in a lesser measure at the time following the death of Joseph Stalin in March 1953 . </P> <P> The flag of Germany and the flags of its federal states are flown at half - mast: </P> <Ul> <Li> On 27 January, Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism; </Li> <Li> On National Day of Mourning (33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time). </Li> <Li> On any day of mourning by order of the federal president for all of Germany, or by order of a minister president for a particular state . E.g. upon the death of a current or former ranking politician or person of high esteem, or multiple deaths in accidents or natural disasters . </Li> </Ul>

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