List of national days of mourning (2000–2019)

This is a list of national days of mourning between 2000 and 2019. It does not include annual remembrance events.

Finnish flag at half-staff due to the 2011 Norway attacks.

2000–2004

Country	Year	Days	Reason	Notes
Spain	2000	7	Death of Queen Mother Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies	[1]
Lebanon	2000	3	Death of former Prime Minister Saeb Salam	[2]
Ukraine	2000	2	Victims of a tragedy at a mine in Sukhodilsk	[3]
Tunisia	2000	7	Death of first President of Tunisia Habib Bourguiba	[4][5][6]
Algeria		3		[4]
Sierra Leone	2000	7	Death of Maxwell Khobe	[7]
Syria	2000	40	Death of President of Syria Hafez al-Assad	All television stations interrupted normal programming and radio stations played mournful music, theatres, entertainment places were closed, and concerts were canceled. On the day of the funeral, shops, schools, banks and other offices were closed, and the city's normally busy traffic was absent.[8]
Lebanon		7		State and private television stations played classical music, recitations from the Quran and clips from Syrian state television related to his death. Flags were to fly at half mast above all Lebanese official institutions and buildings. Theatres, restaurants, and clubs have cancelled their programmes in an act of respect. Lebanese government has also announced its schools, universities and technical institutions will be closed on Tuesday, when Assad's funeral is due to take place.[9]
Egypt		3		[10]
Morocco				[11]
Libya				During this period, flags flew on half masts, and two TV and radio stations in Libya broadcast religious programs in honor of Al-Assad.[12]
Jordan				[13]
UAE				[14]
Iran				[15]
Palestine				[10][16]
Oman				[17]
Yemen				[18]
Kuwait				[19]
Qatar				[20]
Brazil	2000	3	Death of Barbosa Lima Sobrinho	[21][22]
Germany	2000	1	Victims of the Air France Flight 4590	96 German citizens were among those killed.[23]
Russia	2000	1	Victims of the Kursk submarine disaster	[24]
Bahrain	2000	3	Victims of Gulf Air Flight 072	[25]
Bahamas	2000	10	Death of first prime minister Lynden Pindling	[26]
Mauritius	2000	1	Death of first president Veerasamy Ringadoo	[27]
Cuba	2000	3	Death of former Prime Minister of Canada Pierre Trudeau	[28]
Ivory Coast	2000	1	Victims of Clashes	[29]
Austria	2000	2	Victims of the Kaprun disaster	[30][31][32]
Tuvalu	2000	4	Death of prime minister Ionatana Ionatana	[33]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2001	30	Assassination of President Laurent-Désiré Kabila	A 30-day period of national mourning was announced. Monday, January 22 and Tuesday, January 23, were declared bank holidays.[34][35]
Zimbabwe		3		[36]
FR Yugoslavia	2001	1	Victims of the Podujevo bus bombing	18 February declared national day of mourning.[37]
Portugal	2001	2	Victims of the Hintze Ribeiro Bridge disaster	[38][39]
Andorra	2001	2	Death of Enric Paris Torres	[40]
Brazil	2001	3	Death of Mário Covas	[22]
Ghana	2001	3	Victims of the 2001 Accra stampede	[41]
Nepal	2001	13	Victims of the Nepalese royal massacre	[42]
India		3		[43]
Bhutan				[44]
Bangladesh		1		[45]
Sri Lanka				[46]
Russia	2001	1	Victims of the crash of Vladivostok Air Flight 352	[47]
Tanzania	2001	7	Death of Vice-President of Tanzania Omar Ali Juma	[48]
Portugal	2001	2	Death of former President Francisco da Costa Gomes	[39]
Brazil	2001	3	Death of Jorge Amado	[22]
Macedonia	2001	1	Victims of the Battle of Tetovo	9 August 2001 declared a national day of mourning[49]
Ukraine	2001	1	Victims of a tragedy at mine in Donetsk	[3]
Portugal	2001	3	Victims of the September 11 attacks	[39]
Poland				Several Polish citizens were among those killed.[50]
Argentina				[51]
Brazil				[22]
Dominican Republic				[52]
Gambia				[53]
Liberia				[54]
Costa Rica		2		[55]
United States		1		Almost all TV and radio stations interrupted their regular program on news of the attacks. Many states declared a state of emergency. After the terrorist attacks, in fear of further attacks and as a gesture of respect for the victims, government institutions, offices, banks, schools, universities and the stock exchange were closed for a few days. Many public events, film screenings, theater performances, concerts, entertainment venues and many major sporting events in North America were cancelled. President George W. Bush proclaimed September 14, 2001, a "National Day of Prayer and Remembrance."[56][57][58][59]
Canada				[60]
European Union				EU leaders declared 14 September a European Day of Mourning across all member states. Citizens were asked to observe 3 minutes of silence at midday CET.[61]
France				[62]
Ireland				Schools and businesses were closed across the country and all sports, public functions and entertainment were canceled.[63]
Romania				[64]
Latvia				[65]
Czech Republic				[66]
Cyprus				[67]
Croatia				[68]
Albania				[68]
Greece				[67]
Israel				[69]
South Korea				[70]
Philippines				[71]
Slovenia				[72]
Bulgaria				[73]
Turkey				[74]
Tanzania				[75]
Togo				[76]
Brazil	2001	3	Death of Roberto Campos	[22]
Dominican Republic	2001	3	Death of former President Juan Bosch	[77][78]
Malaysia	2001	7	Death of King Salahuddin of Selangor	First time national mourning was observed in the country since 1964 and is the second of three times national mourning was announced in Malaysia.[79]
Bulgaria	2001	1	7 children killed in a stampede in front of a disco bar in Sofia	[80][81]
Senegal	2001	15	Death of first President of Senegal Léopold Sédar Senghor	Many cultural, entertainment and sports events have been canceled.[82][83]
India	2002	2	Death of G M C Balayogi	[84]
United Kingdom	2002	10	Death of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother	[85]
Canada		1		[86]
Philippines	2002	1	Death of Levi Celerio	[87]
Philippines	2002	1	Death of Lucio San Pedro	[88]
Somaliland	2002	7	Death of President Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal	[89]
Nigeria	2002	2	Victims of the crash of EAS Airlines Flight 4226	[90]
Mozambique	2002	3	Victims of the Tenga rail disaster	[91]
Tanzania	2002	2	Victims of the Igandu train collision	[92]
Ukraine	2002	1	Victims of a tragedy at a mine in Ukrainsk	[3]
Dominican Republic	2002	3	Death of former President Joaquín Balaguer	[93][94]
Ukraine	2002	1	Victims of the Sknyliv air show disaster	[3]
Ukraine	2002	1	Victims of a tragedy at a mine in Donetsk	[3]
Russia	2002	1	Victims of the 2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash	[95]
Senegal	2002	3	Victims of the sinking of the MV Le Joola	[96]
Finland	2002	1	Victims of the Myyrmanni bombing	[97]
Australia	2002	1	Victims of the Bali bombings	20 October declares national day of mourning. 202 people were killed in the attacks, including 88 Australian citizens.[98]
Russia	2002	1	Victims of the Moscow theater hostage crisis	[99]
Ukraine	2002	1	Victims of crash of Aeromist-Kharkiv Flight 2137	[3]
Nauru	2003	At least 2	Death of president Bernard Dowiyogo	Flags at half mast.[100]
Serbia and Montenegro	2003	3	Assassination of Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić	[101][102][103]
Republic of Srpska		1		[104]
Serbia and Montenegro	2003	1	Victims of Goraždevac murders	[105][106]
Brazil	2003	3	Death of former Vice President Aureliano Chaves	[22]
Spain	2003	2	Victims of the UM Airlines Flight 4230	[107][108]
Philippines	2003	2	Death of former Vice President Emmanuel Pelaez	[109]
Brazil	2003	3	Death of Roberto Marinho	[22]
Brazil	2003	3	Death of Sérgio Vieira de Mello	[22]
Italy	2003	1	Victims of the Nasiriyah bombing	18 Italian troops, including 12 Carabinieri policemen were killed in the blast along with an Italian civilian. A further 20 Italians and 80 Iraqis were wounded. November 18 The day of the state funeral of the fallen soldiers was a day of national mourning.[110]
Central African Republic	2003	30	Death of 1st President David Dacko	[111]
Azerbaijan	2003	7	Death of former President Heydar Aliyev	All public entertainment was cancelled, and foreign television channels and radio stations were taken off the air.[112]
Benin	2003	3	Victims of the crash of UTA Flight 141	[113]
Lebanon		2		[114]
Bangladesh		1		[115]
Bulgaria	2003	1	Bulgarian soldiers killed in the 2003 Karbala bombings	[116][81]
Dominica	2004	11	Death of prime minister Pierre Charles	National mourning on January 7-17.[117]
Macedonia	2004	3	Death of President of Macedonia Boris Trajkovski	The president died in a plane crash.[118]
Bosnia and Herzegovina		1		[119]
Comoros	2004	3	Victims of Cyclone Gafilo	[120]
Madagascar		1		[121]
Argentina	2004	3	Victims of the 2004 Madrid train bombings	[122]
Spain				National mourning from 12 to 14 March. The flags were lowered half-mast. Television and radio stations canceled entertainment programs. Many public events were canceled as a sign of respect for the victims of the bombings. 130 Spanish citizens were among those killed[123]
Costa Rica		2		[55]
Poland				National mourning on March 12 and 13. Flags lowered half-mast. 4 Polish citizens were among those killed.[50]
Portugal		1		March 12 is the day of national mourning. The flags were lowered half-mast.[124][39]
Romania				March 14 is the day of national mourning. Flags lowered half-mast. 16 Romanian citizens were among those killed[64]
Palestine	2004	3	Assassination of Hamas leader Ahmed Yassin	[125]
Serbia and Montenegro	2004	1	Victims of the 2004 unrest in Kosovo	Day of mourning declared separately by the Government of Serbia and of Montenegro.[126]
Bulgaria	2004	1	Victims of a bus accident in the Lim river	[81][127]
Philippines	2004	1	Death of Nick Joaquin	[128]
Philippines	2004	1	Death of Jose M. Maceda	[129]
United States	2004	1	Death of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan	Federal agencies and departments were closed.[130]
Portugal	2004	1	Death of former Minister António de Sousa Franco	[39]
Gabon	2004	3	Victims of Gabon Express Flight 221	[131]
Brazil	2004	3	Death of Leonel Brizola	[22]
Austria	2004	4	Death of President of Austria Thomas Klestil	[132]
Portugal	2004	1	Death of Carlos Paredes	[39]
Ukraine	2004	2	Victims of a tragedy at a mine in Rodynske	[3]
Costa Rica	2004	3	Victims of the 2004 Costa Rica hostage crisis	During a hostage crisis in July 2004, a Costa Rican policeman shot and killed three people inside the Chilean embassy and then turned the gun on himself after learning he was to lose his job protecting the embassy.[55][133]
Belgium	2004	1	Victims of an explosion at an industrial park in Ath	[134]
Paraguay	2004	3	Victims of the Ycuá Bolaños supermarket fire	[135]
Russia	2004	1	Victims of the 2004 Russian aircraft bombings	[136]
Nepal	2004	1	12 Nepalese hostages killed in Iraq	[137]
Russia	2004	2	Victims of the Beslan school siege	[138]
Portugal	2004	1	Death of President of Portuguese Constitutional court Luís Nunes de Almeida	[39]
Greece	2004	3	Death of Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria	[139]
United Arab Emirates	2004	40	Death of President of the United Arab Emirates Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan	At the time of the announcement of the president's death, radio and TV stations were broadcasting Koranic verses, and schools, ministries, businesses and other offices were closed for several days.[140]
Jordan				[141]
Bahrain				Entertainment shows and concerts have been banned.[142]
Yemen		3		[143]
Algeria				[144]
Libya				Flags were lowered to half mast and all ceremonies and events were canceled.[145]
Lebanon				State flags at all government, ministerial and public facilities were lowered to half-mast. Radio and television stations in Lebanon stopped broadcasting their regular programs and replaced them with verses from the Koran and classical music.[146]
Pakistan				[147]
Palestine	2004	40	Death of PNA President Yasser Arafat	For three days, shops, schools, offices and businesses were closed.[148]
Cuba		3		[149]
Egypt				[148][150]
Jordan				State-run Jordan radio and television replaced regular programming with recitations of Quranic verses interrupted only by hourly news bulletins.[148][150]
Lebanon				[148][150]
Libya				[148][150]
Morocco				[148][150]
North Korea				[151][152]
India				All flags on government buildings are flying at half-mast and official functions have been cancelled.[153]
Pakistan				[154]
Bangladesh				National flags lowered half-mast.[155]
Qatar				[156]
Tunisia				[148][150]
Yemen				[148][150]
Brazil	2004	3	Death of Celso Furtado	[22]
India	2004	7	Death of former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao	[157]
Marshall Islands	2004/5	7	Victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami	[158]
Maldives		At least 3		[159]
Indonesia		3		[160]
Thailand				[161]
Australia		1		[162]
Philippines				[163]
Sri Lanka				[164]
Albania				[165]
Malta				[166]
Switzerland				[167]
Finland				[164]
Norway				[164]
Sweden				[164]
Denmark				Only time national mourning was declared in the country[164]
Germany				[168]
Poland				[50]
Czech Republic				[169]
Canada				[170]
Guyana				[171]
São Tomé and Príncipe				National mourning on January 11.[172]
Argentina	2004/5	3	Victims of the Cromañón nightclub fire	[citation needed]

2005–2009

Country	Year	Days	Reason	Notes
Luxembourg	2005	6	Death of Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium	[173]
Portugal	2005	1	Death of President of Portuguese Supreme Court of Justice Jorge Alberto Aragão Seia [pt]	[39]
Georgia	2005	2	Death of Prime Minister of Georgia Zurab Zhvania	[174][175]
Togo	2005	60	Death of President of Togo Gnassingbé Eyadéma	[176]
Portugal	2005	1	Death of Sister Lucia	[39]
Lebanon	2005	3	Assassination of former Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafic Hariri	Schools, shops and offices shut for three days of official mourning.[177][178]
Holy See	2005	9	Death of Pope John Paul II	[179]
Brazil		7		[180][181][182][22]
Nicaragua				[183]
Poland		6		At the time of the Pope's death, all television stations suspended their normal schedules, devoted most of the airtime to current events in the Vatican and memories of the deceased pope, and throughout the entire mourning week, Polish music television presented calm, subdued music. Theaters, cinemas and entertainment venues were closed. Exhibitions, concerts and sport's games were cancelled. Schools, banks, offices, companies and shopping centers were closed on the day of the funeral.[50]
Venezuela		5		[184]
Lithuania				[185][186]
Philippines				[187][182]
Paraguay				[182]
Gabon				[182]
Ghana		4		[188]
Costa Rica				[182][55]
Italy		3		Flags were lowered to half-staff. All Italian league games have been postponed to the next week, other sports events also postponed. Schools and offices closed on the day of the funeral.[189][190][191][192][193]
San Marino				On April 3, 4 and 5 and the day of the funeral ceremony, all public performances are suspended. In the afternoon of April 4, all activities in offices and construction sites will be suspended from 4.30 pm.[194][195]
Portugal				Many entertainment places have been closed.[196][39]
Slovakia				[197]
Croatia				April 4, April 5 and April 8, the day of the Pope's funeral were days of national mourning. On mourning days, there are no cultural, entertainment and sports events.[198]
Malta				Government and public institutions as well as places of entertainment were closed for a period of 3 days of mourning.[199]
Lebanon				All TV and radio stations interrupted their normal programming for live coverage of events unfolding in the Vatican. National flags were lowered to half-mast on all government and public buildings and radio and television programming was changed to a more subdued schedule.[200][201][202]
Argentina				[203]
Chile				[184]
Cuba				National mourning on April 3, 4 and 5. The government suspended all entertainment and public celebrations, including the final matches of the baseball championship, Cuba's most popular sport.[204][205][206]
Peru				Flags at half-mast. Monday, April 4, 2005, was declared a national holiday.[207][208]
Bolivia				[182]
Ecuador				[209]
Haiti				[184]
Panama				[184]
Guatemala				[184]
East Timor				[182][210]
El Salvador				[211][212]
Dominican Republic				[213]
Egypt				[207]
Nigeria				[200]
Guinea-Bissau				Entertainment and nightclubs were closed on April 4–6 and on the funeral on April 8.[214]
Cape Verde				The flags were lowered half-mast. On April 8, the day of the Pope's funeral was declared a day off.[182][215]
Belize				National flags were lowered to half-mast on government and public buildings.[216]
India				Government institutions were closed during mourning and some schools.[217][218]
Central African Republic				[219]
Colombia		2		[184]
Zambia				[220]
Kosovo				[182]
Romania		1		[64]
Czech Republic				[221]
Hungary				[222]
Slovenia				The day of the Pope's funeral was a day of national mourning. Many cultural, sporting and entertainment events were canceled and the Holy Father was honored with a three-minute silence at 10:00.[223]
Albania				[224]
Ukraine				[225][3]
Uruguay				[184]
Mexico				On April 8, the day of the Pope's funeral was declared a day of national mourning. All flags on government and public buildings were lowered to the middle of the mast. All football games and other sports games have been postponed to the next week [226][227]
Spain				[228]
Ireland				[229]
Bosnia and Herzegovina				[230]
Sri Lanka				April 5 is the day of national mourning. The flags were lowered half-mast.[219]
Seychelles				[231]
Ivory Coast				[232]
Kenya				[233]
Democratic Republic of the Congo				[231]
Republic of the Congo				The Congolese government also declared Friday a public holiday with flags flown at half-mast, schools closed and bars and discos shut.[231][234]
Malawi				[231]
Mozambique				[235]
Angola				[236]
Bangladesh				[237]
Turkey		At least 1		[238]
Monaco	2005	9	Death and state funeral of Prince Rainier III	Official national mourning from April 7 to April 15. Flags were lowered half-mast on all government and public buildings. Many public events were canceled and those that took place were preceded by a minute of silence. Casinos and schools were closed on the day of the Prince's funeral.[239]
Philippines	2005	1	Death of Ang Kiu Kok	[240]
Portugal	2005	1	Death of Álvaro Cunhal	[39]
Philippines	2005	4	Death of Cardinal Jaime Sin	[241]
Poland	2005	1	Victims of the 7 July 2005 London bombings	3 Polish citizens were among those killed.[50]
Equatorial Guinea	2005	3	Victims of the 2005 Equatorial Express Airlines An-24 crash	[242]
Costa Rica	2005	3	Victims of the Hospital Dr. Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia disaster	[55]
United Arab Emirates	2005	7	Death of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia	[243]
Pakistan				[243]
Saudi Arabia		3		Saudi state television interrupted regular broadcasting with recitations from the Qur'an. All offices were closed. Government offices remained closed for the rest of the week but flags weren't at half mast due to the country's law.[244][243]
Algeria				[243]
Arab League				[243]
Egypt				[243]
Iraq				[243]
Jordan				August 2 was a day off for all government and public departments.[243][245]
Kuwait				[243]
Lebanon				Flags on government and public buildings were lowered to half-mast. The government ordered three days of mourning Tuesday and the closure of public buildings.[243]
Morocco				[243]
Oman				[243]
Palestine				[243]
Qatar				[243]
Senegal				[246]
Syria				[243]
Yemen				[243]
Mali		2		[247]
India		1		[248]
Bangladesh				[249]
Spain				[250]
Sudan	2005	3	Death of former Vice President of Sudan John Garang	Flags were lowered half-mast. On August 6, the funeral day was declared a day off.[251][252]
Uganda		1		Flags were lowered half-mast. On August 6, the funeral day was declared a day off from work.[253][254]
Sri Lanka	2005	1	Assassination of Minister of Foreign Affairs Lakshman Kadirgamar	Monday, August 15 was declared a day of mourning, and schools, cinemas and shops were ordered closed.[255]
Brazil	2005	3	Death of Miguel Arraes	[22]
Cyprus	2005	3	Victims of the Helios Airways Flight 522	[256]
Greece		1		[256]
Eritrea	2005	3	Death of Minister of Foreign affairs Ali Said Abdella	[257]
Iraq	2005	3	Victims of the 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede	[258]
Zambia	2005	1	Death of former Ugandan president Milton Obote	National mourning on October 24.[259]
India	2005	7	Death of former President K. R. Narayanan	[260]
United Arab Emirates	2006	40	Death of Prime Minister and Vice President Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum	[261]
Pakistan		1		[262]
Kuwait	2006	40	Death of Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah	The government announced a 40-day period of mourning and said offices would be closed for three days.[263]
Bahrain				Government institutions and offices closed for three days.[264]
Jordan		7		Jordanian radio and TV stations interrupted their regular program on news of the death of the Emir of Kuwait and began broadcasting verses of the Quran.[265]
Yemen		3		[266]
Arab League				[267]
Egypt				[268]
Iraq				[269]
Algeria				[270]
Oman				Official national mourning for three days and suspension of ministries and government institutions.[271]
Syria				[272]
Pakistan				[273]
Mauritius				[274]
Palestine				[275]
India		1		Official entertainment events canceled.[276]
Montenegro	2006	3	Victims of the 2006 Montenegro train crash	[277]
Slovakia	2006	1	Victims of the 2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash	23 January day of national mourning. Slovakia lowered flags to half-mast and sounded sirens on Monday to mourn the 42 victims killed in the crash. Slovak Television and Slovak Radio cancelled all entertainment programmes for the day.[278][279]
Kosovo	2006	5	Death of President of Kosovo Ibrahim Rugova	Shops and schools were closed on the day funeral.[280][281][282]
Poland	2006	4	Victims of the Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse	Entertainment and cultural events were canceled, and TV stations made changes to their programs.[50]
Germany	2006	1	Death of former President of Germany Johannes Rau	[283]
Estonia	2006	1	Death of former first President Lennart Meri	[284]
Gabon	2006	7	Death of senate president Georges Rawiri	National mourning on April 10-16.[285]
Russia	2006	1	Victims of the crash of Armavia Flight 967	[286]
Armenia				[287]
Benin	2006	1	Victims of the 2006 Porga explosion	[288]
Russia	2006	1	Victims of the crash of S7 Airlines Flight 778	[289]
India	2006	1	Death of Bismillah Khan	[290]
Russia	2006	1	Victims of the crash of Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Flight 612	[291]
Ukraine				[291]
Tonga	2006	30	Death of King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV	[292]
Kazakhstan	2006	1	Victims of the 2006 Shakhtinsk mining disaster	[293]
Nepal	2006	1	Victims of the 2006 Lelep helicopter crash	State Minister Gopal Rai and 23 others were killed.[294]
Brazil	2006	3	Victims of the Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907	[22]
Poland	2006	3	Victims of the 2006 Halemba Coal Mine disaster	[50]
Nigeria	2006	3	Victims of the ADC Airlines Flight 53	[295]
Gambia	2006	1	Victims of the 2006 Kanifing East Estate fire	[296]
Lebanon	2006	3	Assassination of Minister Pierre Amine Gemayel	[297]
Djibouti	2006	3	Death of former President Hassan Gouled Aptidon	National mourning on November 22–24. The flags were lowered half-mast. Radio and television programs were interrupted to broadcast only verses from the Koran.[298]
Marshall Islands	2006	7	Death of Ishmael John	[299]
Hungary	2006	1	Death of Ferenc Puskas	[300]
Bulgaria	2006	1	Victims of a bus accident near Byala	[81]
Marshall Islands	2006	7	Death of Justin de Brum	[301]
Turkmenistan	2006	7	Death of President Saparmurat Niyazov	Entertainment venues, theaters and cinemas are closed, and concerts and sports are canceled for the time of mourning.[302]
Libya	2006–7	3	Execution of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein	Public celebrations around the Eid holiday were canceled.[303]
United States	2007	1	Death of former U.S. President Gerald Ford	Federal agencies and departments were closed.[304]
Chad	2007	7	Death of Prime Minister Pascal Yoadimnadji	[305]
El Salvador	2007	3	Death of Eduardo D'Abuisson and two other little-known politicians	[306]
Latvia	2007	1	Victims of a fire disaster	[307]
Russia	2007	1	Victims of the Ulyanovskaya Mine disaster, the crash of UTair Flight 471 and a fire at a retirement home	[308]
Mozambique	2007	3	Victims of the 2007 Maputo arms depot explosion	[309]
Armenia	2007	1	Death of Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan	[310]
Solomon Islands	2007	1	Victims of the 2007 Solomon Islands earthquake	[311]
Russia	2007	1	Death of former President Boris Yeltsin	April 25, the day of the funeral – the day of national mourning. The flags were lowered half-mast. TV stations canceled their entertainment shows.[312]
Brazil	2007	3	Death of Octávio Frias	[22]
Kenya	2007	1	Victims of the Kenya Airways Flight 507	[313]
Cameroon				[314]
Samoa	2007	7	Death of head of state Malietoa Tanumafili II	[315][316]
Malawi	2007	30	Death of First Lady Ethel Mutharika	[317]
Togo	2007	3	Victims of the 2007 Paramount Airlines Mil Mi-8 crash	[318]
Sierra Leone				[319]
Somalia	2007	21	Death of first president Aden Adde	[320]
Wallis and Futuna	2007	180	Death of king Tomasi Kulimoetoke II	[321]
Lebanon	2007	1	Assassination of Walid Eido and 9 others	June 14 declared a day of national mourning. The state flags were lowered half-mast. On that day, companies, schools and offices were closed.[322][323]
Iran	2007	3	Death of Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Fazel Lankarani	[324]
Cuba	2007	1	Death of Vilma Espin	[325]
Mongolia	2007	1	Victims of a helicopter crash	[326]
India	2007	7	Death of former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar Singh	[327]
Marshall Islands	2007	7	Death of Senator Fountain Inok	[328]
Brazil	2007	3	Victims of the TAM Airlines Flight 3054	[22]
Brazil	2007	3	Death of Antônio Carlos Magalhães, Júlio César Redecker and Nélio Dias	[22]
Poland	2007	3	Victims of a bus accident in France	26 Polish pilgrims were killed.[50]
Afghanistan	2007	3	Death of former King Mohammad Zahir Shah	National mourning from 24 to 26 July. The flags were lowered half-mast. Television channels immediately replaced scheduled programs with recitations of the Koran, religious chanting and panel discussions extolling the deceased monarch. All offices in the country have been closed.[330][331]
Romania	2007	1	Death of Patriarch Teoctist	[64]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2007	3	Victims of the Benaleka train accident	[332]
Peru	2007	3	Victims of 2007 Peru earthquake	[333]
Uganda	2007	3	Victims of an accident near Mount Elgon	[334]
Croatia	2007	1	Firefighters killed in the 2007 Croatian coast fires	[335]
Greece	2007	3	Victims of the 2007 Greek forest fires	[139]
Saint Lucia	2007	14	Death of Prime Minister John Compton	[336]
Togo	2007	3	Victims of the 2007 African floods	[337]
Lebanon	2007	1	Assassination of Antoine Ghanem	National mourning on September 21.[338]
Republic of Srpska	2007	3	Death of President Milan Jelic	[339]
Slovenia	2007	1	Victims of the 2007 Slovenia floods	National mourning on September 21.[340]
Falkland Islands	2007	1	Death of Sir Jeremy Moore	[341]
Myanmar	2007	3	Death of prime minister Soe Win	National mourning on October 12-14.[342]
Ukraine	2007	1	Victims of a gas blast in Dnipropetrovsk	[343][3]
Macedonia	2007	1	Death of Toše Proeski
Andorra	2007	3	Death of former Prime Minister Josep Pintat Solans	[344]
Dominican Republic	2007	1	Death of Padre Luis Quinn	[345]
Finland	2007	1	Victims of the Jokela school shooting	[346]
Brazil	2007	3	Death of Ottomar Pinto	[22]
Ukraine	2007	2	Victims of a tragedy at Zasyadko coal mine	[3]
Pakistan	2007	3	Assassination of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto	All schools, colleges, universities, banks and government offices will remain closed.[347][348]
Yemen	2007	3	Death of Abdullah Ibn Hussein Al-Ahmar	[349]
Senegal	2007	3	Death of Serigne Saliou Mbacké	[350]
Macedonia	2008	1	Victims of the 2008 Macedonian Armed Forces Mil Mi-17 crash	[351]
Bosnia and Herzegovina				[352]
Indonesia	2008	7	Death of former President Suharto	[353][354]
Greece	2008	4	Death of Christodoulos of Athens	National mourning on January 28–31. The flags were lowered half-mast. The schools were closed on the day of the funeral.[355]
Kazakhstan	2008	3	Victims of the Abai mine disaster	[293]
Poland	2008	3	Victims of the 2008 Polish Air Force C-295 Mirosławiec crash	[50]
Slovenia	2008	1	Death of former president Janez Drnovšek	National mourning on February 25. [356]
Bulgaria	2008	1	Victims of the Sofia – Kardam train fire	[357]
Benin	2008	3	Death of poet Aimé Césaire	[358]
Ukraine	2008	1	Victims of a crash of helicopter in South China Sea	[3][359]
Kuwait	2008	3	Death of former Emir Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah	[360]
China	2008	3	Victims of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake	Flags at half-mast and all cultural and entertainment activities suspended. Authorities have also decided to momentarily halt the relay of the Olympic torch to honor the dead.[361][362]
Hong Kong
Macao				[363]
Bangladesh[a]		1		[364]
Comoros				[365]
Peru				[366]
Myanmar	2008	3	Victims of Cyclone Nargis	[367]
Bangladesh[a]		1		[364]
Brazil	2008	3	Death of Jefferson Peres	[22]
Liberia	2008	3	Victims of the 2008 Liberia heatwave	National mourning on June 6-8 with flags at half mast.[368]
Brazil	2008	3	Death of Ruth Cardoso	[22]
Slovenia	2008	1	Victims of the 2008 Blanca canoeing disaster	[369]
Jamaica	2008	1	Death of Gladys Bustamante	[370]
Palestine	2008	3	Death of Mahmoud Darwish	[371]
Georgia	2008	3	Victims of the "humanitarian disaster" in South Ossetia and casualties during the Russo-Georgian War	[372]
Abkhazia		1		[373]
Russia				[374]
Transnistria				[375]
Spain	2008	3	Victims of the Spanair Flight 5022	[376]
Kyrgyzstan	2008	1	Victims of the Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895	[377]
Zambia	2008	21	Death of President Levy Mwanawasa	Initially was 7 days of mourning. During the national mourning after the president's death, all sports matches and entertainment and cultural events were canceled. On September 3, the day of the president's funeral was declared a day off.[378][379]
Seychelles		1		[380]
Slovakia	2008	1	Victims of the 2008 Gospic bus crash in Croatia	All victims were Slovak nationals. [381]
Laos	2008	5	Death of former President Nouhak Phoumsavanh	[citation needed]
São Tomé and Príncipe	2008	1	Victims of the sinking of the Therese	National mourning on September 18.[382]
Mauritania	2008	3	Decapitation of twelve soldiers	[383]
Finland	2008	1	Victims of the Kauhajoki school shooting	[384]
Kyrgyzstan	2008	1	Victims of the 2008 Kyrgyzstan earthquake	[385]
Zambia	2008	1	Death of former Prime Minister Elijah Mudenda	[386]
Santa Catarina (state of  Brazil)	2008	3	Victims of 2008 Santa Catarina floods	[387]
Maldives	2008	7	Death of former President Ibrahim Nasir	[388]
Ecuador	2008	3	Death of former President Leon Febres Cordero	[389][390][391]
Guinea	2008–9	40	Death of President of Guinea Lansana Conté	Throughout the period of mourning, the national flags were lowered to the middle of the mast. Friday, December 26, the day of the president's funeral was declared a day off.[392][393]
Guinea-Bissau	2008	1		[394]
Ukraine	2008	1	Victims of the 2008 Yevpatoria gas explosion	[3][395]
United Arab Emirates	2009	7	Death of Ruler of Umm Al Quwain Sheikh Rashid bin Ahmad Al Mualla	[396]
Costa Rica	2009	5	Victims of the 2009 Cinchona earthquake	Flags flew at half mast. The Palmares Festival was postponed and other activities were cancelled [397][55]
India	2009	7	Death of former President Ramaswamy Venkataraman	[398]
Kenya	2009	7	Victims of the 2009 Nakumatt supermarket fire and Molo fire	[399]
Australia	2009	1	Victims of the Black Saturday bushfires	[400]
Guinea-Bissau	2009	7	Assassination of President Guinea-Bissau João Bernardo Vieira	[401]
Germany	2009	1	Victims of the Winnenden school shooting	[402][403][404]
Gabon	2009	10	Death of First Lady Edith Lucie Bongo	National mourning on March 13-22. Flags at half mast.[405]
Slovakia	2009	1	Victims of a bus crash in Polomka	March 22 was declared a day of national mourning. [citation needed]
Argentina	2009	3	Death of former President Raúl Alfonsín	[406]
Brazil				[407][22]
Paraguay				[408]
Peru		1		[408]
Italy	2009	1	Victims of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake	[409]
Poland	2009	3	Victims of the Kamień Pomorski homeless hostel fire	[50]
Brazil	2009	3	Victims of the accident of Air France Flight 447	[22]
Mexico	2009	3	Victims of the 2009 Hermosillo daycare center fire	[410]
Guinea-Bissau	2009	3	Death of first president Luís Cabral	[411]
Gabon	2009	30	Death of President Omar Bongo	After the announcement of the president's death, almost all shops, restaurants and bars were closed. Businesses and offices were shut and all nightclubs be closed until after the funeral. June 11 and June 16, the day of the president's funeral were declared bank holidays.[412][413][414]
Economic Community of West African States				[415]
Republic of Congo		8		[416]
Central African Republic		7		[417]
Benin		3		[418]
Chad				[419][420]
Equatorial Guinea				[421]
São Tomé and Príncipe				[422]
Palau	2009	1	Death of Jasper Obakrairur	Only time national mourning was observed in Palau [423]
Micronesia	2009	4	Death of foreign minister Resio S. Moses [Wikidata]	[424]
Comoros	2009	30	Victims of the Yemenia Flight 626	[425]
South Korea	2009	7	Death of former President of South Korea Roh Moo-hyun	[426]
Armenia	2009	1	Victims of Caspian Airlines Flight 7908	[427]
Mauritius	2009	3	Death of Jean Margéot	[428]
Brazil	2009	3	Death of Carlos Alberto Menezes Direito	[22]
Bulgaria	2009	1	Victims of the 2009 Yambol bus crash	[429]
Serbia	2009	1	Nine Serbian citizens killed in a traffic accident in Egypt	Government declared 17 July the national day of mourning.[430]
Croatia	2009	1	Victims of the Rudine train derailment	27 July declared national day of mourning.[431]
Philippines	2009	10	Death of former President Corazon Aquino	[432][433][434]
Slovakia	2009	1	Victims of the 2009 Handlová mine blast	National mourning on August 12. [435]
South Korea	2009	7	Death of former President of South Korea Kim Dae-jung	[436][437]
Serbia	2009	1	Seven workers killed in an accident in the ammunition factory "Prvi partizan"	Government declared 5 September the national day of mourning.[438]
Macedonia	2009	1	Victims of 2009 Lake Ohrid boat accident	[439]
Bulgaria				[440]
Philippines	2009	1	Death of Ka Eraño G. Manalo	[441]
Cuba	2009	1	Death of Vice President of Cuba Juan Almeida Bosque	[442]
Sierra Leone	2009	1	Victims of the 2009 Sierra Leone ferry disaster	[443]
Burundi	2009	5	Victims of the 2009 African Union base bombings in Mogadishu	[444]
Samoa	2009	1	Victims of 2009 Samoa tsunami	[445]
Guinea	2009	2	Victims of the 2009 Conakry Massacre	[446]
Argentina	2009	1	Death of Mercedes Sosa	[447]
Andorra	2009	3	Death of Joan Martí i Alanis	[448]
Poland	2009	2	Victims of the 2009 Wujek-Śląsk mine blast	[50]
Andorra	2009	1	Victims of the 2009 Massana bridge collapse	At least 5 deaths.[449]
Serbia	2009	3	Death of Patriarch Pavle	[450]
Philippines	2009	1	Victims of the Maguindanao massacre	[451]
Russia	2009	1	Victims of the Lame Horse nightclub fire	[452]
Costa Rica	2009	3	Death of former President Rodrigo Carazo	[453][55]
Indonesia	2009–10	7	Death of former President Abdurrahman Wahid	[454]

2010–2014

Country	Year	Days	Reason	Notes
Costa Rica	2010	1	Death of politician Alberto Martén Chavarría [es]	[55]
Togo	2010	3	Victims of the 2010 Cabida attacks	[455]
Benin	2010	3	Victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake	[456]
Brazil				[22]
Dominican Republic		2		[457]
Haiti		1		[458][459][460]
Grenada				[461]
Peru				[462][463]
Australia	2010	1	Remembrance of the Black Saturday bushfires	This was the second day of national mourning for this event.[464]
Costa Rica	2010	3	Death of former President José Joaquín Trejos Fernández	[465][55]
Portugal	2010	3	Victims of the 2010 Madeira floods and mudslides	[466][39]
Central African Republic	2010	7	Death of former president André Kolingba	[467]
Chile	2010	3	Victims of 2010 Chile earthquake	[468][469][470]
Peru		1		[471]
São Tomé and Príncipe	2010	5	Death of poet Alda Neves do Espírito Santo	[472]
Cape Verde		1		[473]
Kazakhstan	2010	1	Victims of Kyzyl-Agash Dam failure	[293]
Nepal	2010	3	Death of former Prime Minister of Nepal Girija Prasad Koirala	[474]
UAE	2010	3	Death of Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan	Cultural and entertainment events canceled during the days of national mourning.[475]
Kyrgyzstan	2010	2	Victims of the Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010	[476]
Poland	2010	9	Victims of the Smolensk air disaster in Russia	Polish President Lech Kaczyński and other senior officials were killed. Almost all stations stopped the regular broadcast of their program to cover the events related to the Smolensk catastrophe and radio stations for a week of mourning played calm and subdued music. Theaters, cinemas, entertainment venues and clubs have closed, concerts and matches and other sports competitions were cancelled. Shopping centers were closed on the day of the funeral of the presidential couple.[477]
Lithuania		4		The 4th Day of National Mourning is declared on day of funeral of President of Poland Lech Kaczyński[478]
Brazil		3		[479][22]
Costa Rica		2		[55]
Czech Republic				April 17-18 is a day of national mourning. On the day of the funeral of the Polish president, a minute of silence was observed, and flags on government and public buildings were lowered to half-mast.[480]
Maldives				[481]
Romania		1		April 18, the day of the Polish president's funeral, was declared a day of national mourning. The national flag was flown at half-mast in government, central, and local administrative institutions, as well as at the headquarters of political parties, educational institutions, and diplomatic missions in Romania. Romanian Public Television and Radio adapted their programming to reflect the solemnity taking place in Poland. The National Audiovisual Council recommended that private radio and television stations pay special attention to the production and broadcasting of programs dedicated to the funerals of former Polish president Lech Kaczyński and other victims of the Smolensk tragedy. Matches and other public events were preceded by a minute of silence.[64]
Hungary				April 18, the day of the funeral of the President of Poland, a day of national mourning. National flags flown at half-mast on government and public buildings.[482]
Slovakia				[483]
Croatia				[484]
Canada				[485]
Spain				[486]
European Union				The European Union had a day of mourning on 12 April, and a minute of silence was observed at NATO headquarters in Brussels[487][488][489]
Georgia				[490]
Bulgaria				April 18, the funeral of the Polish president, was a day of national mourning. All Bulgarian flags on government and city buildings were lowered to half-mast as a sign of respect for the victims of the disaster and the Polish nation. [491]
Ukraine				[492][3][493]
Latvia				[478]
Russia				April 12th was declared a day of national mourning in the Russian Federation. Russian state flags were lowered across the country on the day of mourning. Television and radio stations changed their programming, and cultural institutions were asked to commemorate and limit entertainment on the day of mourning.[494]
Serbia				[495]
Montenegro				[496]
Moldova				[497]
North Macedonia				[498]
Estonia				[499]
Turkey				[500]
Cape Verde				[501]
South Korea	2010	5	Victims of ROKS Cheonan sinking
Nigeria	2010	7	Death of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua	All cultural and entertainment events were canceled and the flags were lowered to the middle of the mast. May 6 was also announced a day off from work. In the Nigerian state of Katsina, where the deceased president was governor in 1999–2007, a 7-day bank holiday period was announced from May 6 to May 12, 2010.[502][503]
Ghana		3		[504]
Brazil		1		[22]
Bangladesh	2010	1	Victims of 2010 Dhaka fire	[505]
Portugal	2010	2	Death of José Saramago	[39]
Kyrgyzstan	2010	3	Victims of the 2010 South Kyrgyzstan ethnic clashes	[506]
Republic of Congo	2010	3	Victims of the 2010 Yanga train derailment	[507]
Lithuania	2010	3	Death of former president and Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas	[508]
Lebanon	2010	1	Death of Shiite cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah	[509]
Uganda	2010	7	Victims of 2010 Kampala bombings	[510]
Pakistan	2010	1	Victims of Airblue Flight 202	[511]
Uganda	2010	5	Death of former president Godfrey Binaisa	[512]
Malta	2010	3	Death of former President Guido de Marco	[513]
China	2010	1	Victims of the 2010 Gansu mudslide	Flags were flown at half staff, all public forms of entertainment were suspended, and the country's main websites removed all color from their front pages.[514]
Hong Kong	2010	3	Victims of Manila hostage crisis	[515][516]
Philippines		1		[517]
Slovakia	2010	1	Victims of 2010 Bratislava shooting
Guatemala	2010	1	Victims of the 2010 Guatemala landslides	[518]
Ukraine	2010	1	Victims of Marhanets train accident	[519][3][520]
Barbados	2010	10	Death of prime minister David Thompson	Mourning Period started on October 23 and ended on the day of the state funeral, flags were put at half mast [521]
Argentina	2010	3	Death of former President of Argentina Néstor Kirchner	National mourning on October 27–29. All flags on government and public buildings were lowered to half mast. All Argentinian football league games were postponed until the following week.[522][523][524]
Union of South American Nations				[525]
Brazil				[526][22]
Venezuela				[527][528]
Chile				[529]
Colombia				[530]
Uruguay				[531]
Paraguay				[532][533]
Ecuador				[534]
Peru		1		[535]
Brazil	2010	3	Death of Romeu Tuma	[22]
Cambodia	2010	1	Victims of the Phnom Penh stampede	[536]
New Zealand	2010	1	Victims of Pike River Mine disaster
Dominican Republic	2010	3	Death of former President Salvador Jorge Blanco	[537]
Tunisia	2011	3	Victims killed in the Tunisian Revolution	[538]
Estonia	2011	1	Victims of the 2011 Haapsalu fire	[539]
Chile	2011	2	Death of judge Mario Garrido Montt [es]	[540]
Nepal	2011	3	Death of former Prime Minister of Nepal Krishna Prasad Bhattarai	[541]
Tonga	2011	7	Victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami	[542]
Maldives		3		[543]
Peru		1		[544]
Turkey				[545]
Monaco	2011	14	Death of Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy	[546][547]
Brazil	2011	7	Death of former President José Alencar	[22]
Brazil	2011	3	Victims of the Rio de Janeiro school shooting	[548][22]
Belarus	2011	1	Victims of the 2011 Minsk Metro bombing	[549]
Bolivia	2011	30	Death of former President Lidia Gueiler	[550]
Central African Republic	2011	7	Death of former president Ange-Félix Patassé	[551]
Ivory Coast	2011	3	Victims of post-election violence	[552]
Abkhazia	2011	3	Death of President of Abkhazia Sergei Bagapsh	National mourning from May 31 to June 2. The entertainment programs will be postponed.[553][554]
Transnistria		1		National mourning on June 2. Flags lowered to half mast. Entertainment programs were cancelled.[555]
Bulgaria	2011	1	Victims of a bus accident on the Trakia motorway	[556]
Andorra	2011	1	Victims of the 2011 Andorra helicopter crash	[557]
Zambia	2011	7	Death of former President Frederick Chiluba	National mourning from June 20 to June 27. The flags were lowered half-mast. Radio and TV stations gave up entertainment programs during the national mourning. It has also been instructed that all entertainment activities be suspended or canceled.[558]
Brazil	2011	7	Death of former President Itamar Franco	[559][22]
Russia	2011	1	Victims of the sinking of the Bulgaria cruise ship	[560]
Cyprus	2011	3	Victims of the 2011 Zygi explosion	[561]
Morocco	2011	3	Victims of the 2011 Royal Moroccan Air Force C-130 crash	[562]
Ivory Coast	2011	3	Victims of the 2011 Abidjan bus accident	[563]
Comoros	2011	3	Capsizing of a boat	[564]
Ukraine	2011	1	Victims of tragedies at Sukhodilska–Skhidna coal mine and Bazhanov coal mine	[3][565]
Norway	2011	1	Victims of the 2011 Norway attacks	August 21 was a day of national mourning.[566]
Mexico	2011	3	Victims of the 2011 Monterrey casino attack	[410]
Chile	2011	2	Victims of the 2011 Chilean Air Force C2-12 crash	[567]
Kenya	2011	2	Victims of the 2011 Nairobi pipeline fire	[568]
Belize	2011	7	Death of first prime minister George Cadle Price	[569]
Somalia	2011	3	Victims of the 2011 Mogadishu bombing	[570]
Bahrain	2011	3	Death of Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	[571]
Kuwait				[572]
United Arab Emirates				[573]
Djibouti				All official cultural and artistic activities and festivals have been suspended, and the recitation of the Holy Quran has been limited to Republic Television and Radio.[574]
Jordan		1		[575]
Lebanon				[576]
Palestine				[577]
Pakistan	2011	10	Death of former First Lady Begum Nusrat Bhutto	The government declared a public holiday and flags flew at half-mast as offices, shops and schools closed.[578]
Dominica	2011	1	Death of singer Jeff Joseph [fr]	[579]
Cape Verde	2011	2	Death of Cesária Évora	[580][581][582]
North Korea	2011	13	Death of Supreme Leader Kim Jong-il	Official mourning period. All entertainment and music activities suspended, theaters closed for the period of mourning.[583][584]
	2011–14	1,097		Total mourning period
Cuba	2011	3		[585]
Czech Republic	2011	3	Death of Václav Havel, former president of the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia	Concerts, exhibitions and theatrical performances were mostly canceled while casinos and gambling bars were closed. Businesses and citizens were asked to reconsider celebratory events.[586]
Slovakia		1		[587]
Macedonia	2012	1	Death of former President Kiro Gligorov	[588][589]
Guinea-Bissau	2012	7	Death of President Malam Bacai Sanhá	[590]
Cape Verde		1		[591]
Northern Cyprus	2012	7	Death of former President Rauf Denktaş	[592]
Turkey		4		[593]
Egypt	2012	3	Victims of the Port Said Stadium riot	[594]
Bulgaria	2012	1	Victims of flooding in Biser	[595]
Central African Republic	2012	1	Death of businessman Joseph Icham Kamach	[596]
Kosovo	2012	1	Victims of a natural disaster in Restelicë	[597]
Argentina	2012	2	Victims of 2012 Buenos Aires rail disaster	[598]
Poland	2012	2	Victims of the Szczekociny rail crash	[50]
Belgium	2012	1	Victims of the Sierre coach crash in Switzerland	Most of the victims were from Belgium.[599]
Egypt	2012	3	Death of Coptic Patriarch Pope Shenouda III	[600]
Tonga	2012	At least 90	Death of King George Tupou V	[601]
Malawi	2012	10	Death of President Bingu wa Mutharika	[602]
Algeria	2012	8	Death of first president Ahmed Ben Bella	[603]
Kazakhstan	2012	1	Victims of Arkankengen massacre	[293]
Albania	2012	1	Victims of Qafa e Vishës bus accident	[604][605]
Italy	2012	1	Victims of the 2012 Northern Italy earthquakes	Day of mourning on June 4.[606]
Nigeria	2012	3	Victims of the crash of Dana Air Flight 992	[607]
Kenya	2012	3	Victims of the 2012 Kenya Police helicopter crash	[608]
Russia	2012	1	Victims of the 2012 Krasnodar Krai floods and a Russian bus accident in Ukraine	[609]
Brazil	2012	3	Death of Dom Eugênio Sales	[22]
Tanzania	2012	3	Victims of the 2012 Zanzibar boat accident	[610]
Ghana	2012	7	Death of President John Atta Mills	[611][612][613]
Croatia	2012	1	Death of Parliament Speaker Boris Šprem	[614]
Iran	2012	2	Victims of 2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes	It was also decreed in East Azerbaijan
South Africa	2012	7	Victims of Marikana massacre	[615]
Philippines	2012	6	Death of Jesse Robredo in a plane crash	[616][617]
Ethiopia	2012	13	Death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi	[618]
South Sudan		3		[619]
Malta	2012	2	Death of former Prime Minister Dom Mintoff	[620]
Venezuela	2012	3	Victims of the Amuay tragedy	[621]
Sri Lanka	2012	1	Death of Weweldeniye Medhalankara Thero	[622]
Hong Kong	2012	3	Victims of the Lamma Island ferry collision	Declared that starts on 4 October.[623]
Algeria	2012	8	Death of former Algerian President Chadli Benjedid	[624]
Cambodia	2012	7	Death of former King Norodom Sihanouk	[625]
Bulgaria	2012	1	Death of Patriarch Maxim	[626]
Ghana	2012	5	Death of former vice president Aliu Mahama	[627]
India	2012	7	Death of former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral	[628]
Brazil	2012	7	Death of Oscar Niemeyer	[629][22]
Mauritania	2012	3	Death of former president Mustafa Ould Salek	[630]
Pakistan	2012	1	Death of Bashir Ahmed Bilour	[631]
Kazakhstan	2012	1	Victims of the 2012 Kazakhstan Antonov An-72 crash	[293]
Ivory Coast	2013	3	Victims of the 2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede	[632]
Brazil	2013	3	Victims of the Kiss nightclub fire	[633][22]
Mexico	2013	3	Victims of the Torre Ejecutiva Pemex explosion	[410]
Kazakhstan	2013	1	Victims of the SCAT Airlines Flight 760	[293]
Cambodia	2013	7	Cremation of former King Norodom Sihanouk	[625]
Guinea	2013	3	Victims of the 2013 Guinea Air Force plane crash	[634]
Liberia		1		[635]
Chad	2013	1	26 soldiers killed in Mali War	[636]
Venezuela	2013	7	Death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez	National flags on government and public buildings were lowered to half-mast. Entertainment venues, nightclubs were closed and concerts and sports were canceled. TV programs suspended the normal program to broadcast coverage of the death of the president and radio stations played calm music. All schools and universities closed until next Monday. Offices and many businesses were closed on the day of the funeral.[637]
Bolivia				[638]
Nicaragua				[639][640]
Argentina		3		[641]
Belarus				National mourning on 6 to 8 March. The flags were lowered half-mast. Television and radio stations canceled entertainment shows and commercials as a sign of respect.[642]
Haiti				National flags lowered on all government and public buildings. Radio and television stations changed their schedules to more subdued programs commemorating the late President Chavez. Nightclubs closed and dance music banned from the radio.[643][644]
Peru				[645]
Chile				[646]
Brazil				[647][22]
Ecuador				[648]
Uruguay				[649]
Dominican Republic				[650]
Cuba				National mourning from 6:00 am on March 6 to 12:00 on March 7 at night and on March 8. All public shows and entertainment are on hold during mourning.[651]
Antigua and Barbuda				[652]
Iran		1		[653]
Dominica				[654]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines				[655]
Guyana				[656]
Suriname				[citation needed]
Nigeria				[657]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic				[658]
Bulgaria	2013	1	Death of protest leader Plamen Goranov	[659]
Bangladesh	2013	3	Death of President Zillur Rahman	[660]
Mauritius	2013	1	Victims of the 2013 Mauritius floods	[661]
Algeria	2013	8	Death of Former acting President Ali Kafi	[662]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	2013	7	Death of Khalil Sid Mhamed	[663]
Guinea-Bissau	2013	3	Death of former interim president Henrique Rosa	[664]
Central African Republic	2013	3	Victims of 2013 Central African Republic mine collapse	[665]
Romania	2013	1	Victims of the 2013 Podgorica bus crash in Montenegro	All of the victims were Romanian citizens.[64][666]
Montenegro				[667]
Honduras	2013	1	Murder of Anibal Barrow	[668][669]
Cape Verde	2013	2	Death of Bana (singer)	[670]
Spain	2013	3	Victims of the Santiago de Compostela derailment	[671]
Tunisia	2013	1	Assassination of Mohamed Brahmi	National mourning on July 26.[672]
Bulgaria	2013	1	Victims of the Oranovo mine collapse	[673]
Lebanon	2013	1	Victims of the 2013 Tripoli attacks	[674][675]
Guatemala	2013	3	Victims of 2013 Guatemala bus crash	[676]
Kenya	2013	3	Victims of the 2013 Nairobi attack	[677]
Italy	2013	1	Victims of the 2013 Lampedusa migrant shipwreck	[678]
Chad				[citation needed]
Mauritania				[679]
African Union				[680]
Vietnam	2013	2	Death of Vietnamese General Võ Nguyên Giáp	The national flag was flown at half-staff, and unrelated public events were cancelled. The country's cable television provider blocked access to international sports and entertainment channels from Friday until Sunday.[681]
Tunisia	2013	3	6 police officers killed in a firefight with suspected jihadists	No official ceremony, government representatives barred from funerals.[citation needed]
Niger	2013	3	92 migrants dead in desert	[682]
Poland	2013	1	Death of former Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki	[683]
Latvia	2013	3	Victims of Zolitūde shopping centre roof collapse	[684][685][686]
Lithuania		1		[687]
Estonia				[687]
Italy	2013	1	Victims of the 2013 Sardinia floods	[688]
San Marino				[689]
Brazil	2013	3	Death of Marcelo Déda Chagas	[22]
South Africa	2013	10	Death of former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela	The South African government declared Sunday 8 December 2013 to be observed as a national day of prayer and reflection. On the day of the funeral, December 15, all banks, offices, businesses and many shops were closed[690][691][692]
Algeria		8		[693]
Antigua and Barbuda		7		[694]
Barbados				Flags were flown from at least December 9 until funeral.[695]
Benin				[696]
Brazil				[697][22]
Zambia				[698][699][700][701]
Mozambique		6		[702]
Rwanda				[703]
India		5		[704]
Jamaica				[705]
African Union		3		[706][707]
Ethiopia				[708]
Kenya				[709]
Tanzania				[710]
Burundi				[711]
Democratic Republic of the Congo				[712]
Malawi				[713]
South Sudan				[714]
Niger				[715]
Nigeria				[716][717]
Guinea				[718]
Liberia				[719]
Mali				[720]
Senegal				[721]
Namibia				[722]
São Tomé and Príncipe				[723]
Cape Verde				[724]
Portugal				[725][39]
Cuba				National flags will be lowered to half-mast on government, military and public buildings, while all public ceremonies will be suspended.[726]
El Salvador				[727]
Costa Rica				[728]
Egypt				[729]
Venezuela				[730]
Nicaragua				[731]
Seychelles				[732]
Bangladesh				[733]
Nepal				[734]
Maldives				[735]
East Timor				[733]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic				[736]
Mauritania				[737][738][739]
Belize		2		Flags were half-mast on December 6 and 15.[740]
Chad				[741]
Sri Lanka				{[742]
Trinidad and Tobago				[743]
Uruguay				[744]
Bahamas		At least 1		[745]
Dominican Republic		1		[746]
Dominica				[746]
Haiti				[747]
Tunisia				[748]
Lebanon				Flags on government, state and city buildings were lowered to half-mast, television stations made changes to their schedules and entertainment programs that were originally planned to be broadcast on that date were canceled.[749]
Palestine				[750]
Mauritius				[751]
Guyana				[752][753][754]
Libya	2013	3	Victims of the 2013 Barsis suicide bombings	[755]
Egypt	2013	3	Victims of the December 2013 Cairo bombing	[756][757]
Portugal	2014	3	Death of Eusébio	[758][39]
Somalia	2014	3	Death of former prime minister Abdirizak Haji Hussein	[759]
Burundi	2014	2	Victims of the 2014 Burundi floods	[760]
Algeria	2014	3	Victims of the 2014 Algerian Air Force C-130 crash	[761]
Ukraine	2014	3	Victims of the Revolution of Dignity	20,22 and 23 February was national days of mourning.[762][763][3]
Lithuania		1		[764]
Mozambique	2014	1	Death of Mário Esteves Coluna	[765]
Afghanistan	2014	3	Death of Vice President Marshal Fahim	[766]
Portugal	2014	1	Death of José Policarpo	[39]
Sierra Leone	2014	7	Death of former president Ahmad Tejan Kabbah	[767]
Spain	2014	3	Death of former Prime Minister of Spain Adolfo Suárez	[768]
Colombia	2014	3	Death of Gabriel García Márquez	[citation needed]
Trinidad and Tobago	2014	5	Death of former president A. N. R. Robinson	[769]
Afghanistan	2014	1	Victims of the 2014 Badakhshan mudslides	[770]
Ukraine	2014	2	Victims of 2014 Odesa clashes and for the military dead in east of Ukraine	[3][771]
Togo	2014	3	Death of Robert-Casimir Dosseh-Anyron	[772]
Turkey	2014	3	Victims of 2014 Soma mine disaster	[773]
Northern Cyprus		2		[774]
Pakistan		1		[775]
Azerbaijan				[776]
Serbia	2014	3	Victims of 2014 Southeast Europe floods	[777][778]
Bosnia and Herzegovina		1		[779]
Mali	2014	3	Victims of the Second Battle of Kidal	[780]
Ukraine	2014	1	Victims of the 2014 Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown	[781][3][782]
Bulgaria	2014	1	Victims of the 2014 Bulgarian floods	[783]
Georgia	2014	1	Death of former president Eduard Shevardnadze	[784]
Central African Republic	2014	3	Victims of the 2014 Bambari cathedral attack	[785]
Tunisia	2014	3	Victims of the 2014 Chaambi Mountains attack	[786]
Netherlands	2014	1	Victims of the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine	193 Dutch citizens were among those killed. First national day of mourning in the Netherlands since the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963.[787]
Malaysia				43 Malaysian citizens were among those killed. This was the first and final time national mourning was observed in Malaysia since 2001.[788]
Australia				38 Australian citizens were among those killed.[789]
Benin				[790]
Palestine	2014	3	Palestinian victims of the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict	[791]
Turkey				[792]
Northern Cyprus				[793]
Pakistan		1		[794]
Mali				July 25 was the day of mourning [795]
Guinea	2014	7	Victims of the 2014 Conakry stampede	[796]
Algeria	2014	3	Victims of the crash of Air Algérie Flight 5017 in Mali	[797]
Burkina Faso		2		[798]
Benin		1		[799]
Lebanon				[800]
Austria	2014	1	Death of National Council President Barbara Prammer	Flags were at half mast [801]
Brazil	2014	3	Death of Eduardo Campos	[802][803][22]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2014	1	Victims of the 2014 Zenica mine disaster	[804]
Bulgaria	2014	1	Victims of the 2014 Gorni Lom explosions	[805]
Dominican Republic	2014	1	Death of Óscar de la Renta	[806]
Dominican Republic	2014	3	Death of former Vice President Carlos Morales Troncoso	[807]
Zambia	2014	1	Victims of the 2014 Kariba boat accident	[808]
Zambia	2014	14	Death of President Michael Sata	National mourning from October 29 to November 11. All flags were lowered half-mast. Radio and TV stations interrupted their programs upon news of the president's death. Many events have been canceled or postponed.[809]
Moldova	2014	1	Death of Constantin Tănase	[810]
Belgium	2014	7	Death of former Queen Fabiola	[811][812]
Pakistan	2014	3	Victims of the 2014 Peshawar school massacre	[813]
Turkey		1		[814]

2015–2019

Country	Year	Days	Reason	Notes
France	2015	1	Victims of the Charlie Hebdo shooting	[815]
Benin				[816]
Mozambique	2015	3	Victims of the Mozambique funeral beer poisoning	[817]
Ukraine	2015	1	Victims of the Volnovakha bus attack	[818][3][819]
Niger	2015	3	Victims of protests against Charlie Hebdo	[820]
Benin		1		[821]
Bahrain	2015	40	Death of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia	40 days of official mourning, during which government institutions were closed for three days and the flag was lowered to half-mast.[822][823]
Jordan				[824]
Egypt		7		Flags at half-mast on all government and public buildings. Egypt canceled its January 25 revolution celebrations. Many public events were canceled or restricted.[825]
Saudi Arabia		3		Sunday, January 25, was declared a public holiday for all government sectors and students at all stages of education but despite this flags were not at half mast.[826]
Lebanon				The national flag was lowered on all government and public buildings.[827]
Algeria				[828][829]
Libya				[830][831]
Mauritania				[830]
Morocco				[830][832]
Tunisia				[833]
Kuwait				All government ministries and departments were closed for three days. Banks were closed for one day. Festivals and entertainment events were postponed.[834]
UAE				[835]
Qatar				National flags were lowered to half-mast. Several major events scheduled in Qatar were canceled, including scheduled Qatar Radio and Qatar TV programs. Quranic recitations were broadcast. Some events, including concerts, have been canceled.[836][837]
Palestine				[824]
Turkey		1		[838]
India				January 24th was a day of national mourning. The national flag was flown at half-mast throughout India. No official artistic events were held on that day.[839][840][841]
Pakistan				The national flag was lowered to half-mast on government, state and public buildings.[842]
Bangladesh				January 24 is a day of national mourning. The national flag was lowered to half-mast in all government, semi-government, autonomous and public offices on the day of national mourning.[843]
Bolivia	2015	3	Death of Carlos Villegas Quiroga	[844]
Madagascar	2015	1	Victims of the Tropical Storm Chedza	[845]
Ukraine	2015	1	Victims of the January 2015 Mariupol rocket attack	[3][846]
Philippines	2015	1	Police officers killed in the Mamasapano clash	[847]
Bulgaria	2015	1	Death of former President Zhelyu Zhelev	[848]
Egypt	2015	7	Victims of the 2015 kidnapping and beheading of Copts in Libya	[849]
Libya		3		[850]
Haiti	2015	3	Victims of the 2015 Haiti carnival accident	[851]
Niger	2015	3	Victims of the 2015 Abadam air strike	[852]
Libya	2015	7	Victims of the February 2015 Egyptian airstrikes in Libya	[853]
Ukraine	2015	1	Victims of the 2015 Zasyadko mine disaster	[3][854]
Serbia	2015	1	Victims of the 2015 Belgrade helicopter crash	[855]
Spain	2015	3	Victims of the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525	[856][857][858]
Germany		1		[859]
Singapore	2015	7	Death of founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew	The government declared a week long mourning period from 23 to 29 March 2015 for Lee Kuan Yew. Flags were lowered to half-mast as a mark of respect. Upon the announcement of his death, all free-to-air television channels and radio stations suspended their regular programming. Most events and activities were scaled down, postponed or cancelled completely throughout the mourning period. Entertainment outlets, such as cinemas, theatres, nightclubs and bars announced that they would be closed or operate under reduced hours during this period.[860]
India		1		[861]
Bhutan				[862]
Portugal	2015	2	Death of Manoel de Oliveira	[39]
Kenya	2015	3	Victims of the Garissa University College attack	[863]
Ethiopia	2015	3	Victims of Islamic State killings	[864]
Gabon	2015	3	Death of former acting president Rose Francine Rogombé	[865]
Nepal	2015	3	Victims of April 2015 Nepal earthquake	[866]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2015	1	Victims of the 2015 Zvornik police station shooting	[867]
Mali	2015	3	Victims of shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea and Niger River	[868]
Macedonia	2015	2	6 police officers killed in gun battle	[869]
Pakistan	2015	1	Victims of the 2015 Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 crash	[870]
Pakistan	2015	1	Victims of the 2015 Karachi bus shooting	[871]
Singapore	2015	1	Victims of the 2015 Sabah earthquake	[872]
Sabah (state of  Malaysia)				[873]
Ghana	2015	3	Victims of the 2015 Accra explosion	[874]
Georgia	2015	1	Victims of the 2015 Tbilisi flood	[875][876]
Turkey	2015	3	Death of former president and Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel	[877][878]
Northern Cyprus				[878]
Kuwait	2015	1	Victims of the 2015 Kuwait mosque bombing	[879][880]
United Kingdom	2015	1	Victims of the 2015 Sousse attacks	30 of the victims were British tourists. National mourning on July 7 with flags at half mast. This is the only declaration of mourning in the UK that was not for a head of state or a member of the royal family. [881]
Bahrain	2015	40	Death of former Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud	[882]
Jordan				[882]
Egypt		7		[882]
Qatar		3		[882]
United Arab Emirates				[882]
Oman				[882]
Algeria				[882]
Libya				[882]
Tunisia				[882]
Mauritania				[882]
Lebanon				[882]
Palestine				[882]
Cape Verde	2015	2	Death of Corsino Fortes	[883]
India	2015	7	Death of Former President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam	[884]
Dominica	2015	2	Victims of Tropical Storm Erika	[885]
Moldova	2015	1	Death of Mihai Volontir	[886]
Guatemala	2015	3	Victims of the 2015 Guatemala landslide	[887]
Benin	2015	3	Victims of the 2015 Mina stampede in Saudi Arabia	[888][889][890]
Burkina Faso				[891][892][893]
Iran				At least 464 Iranians were among those killed.[894]
Mali				[895][896]
Niger				[897][898]
Senegal				[899][900]
Cameroon		1		[901][902]
Ivory Coast				[903][904][905]
South Sudan	2015	3	Victims of the 2015 Maradi fire	[906]
Panama	2015	1	Death of former President Eric Arturo Delvalle	[907]
Central African Republic	2015	3	Victims of recent violence	[908]
Turkey	2015	3	Victims of 2015 Ankara bombings	[909][910][911]
Northern Cyprus				[912]
Marshall Islands	2015	30	Death of former president Jurelang Zedkaia	[913]
Benin	2015	7	Death of former President Mathieu Kérékou	[914]
Pakistan	2015	1	Victims of a suicide bombing	[915]
Romania	2015	3	Victims of the Colectiv nightclub fire	[916]
Russia	2015	1	Victims of the bombing of Metrojet Flight 9268	[917][918][919]
Lebanon	2015	1	Victims of 2015 Beirut bombings	[920]
France	2015	3	Victims of the November 2015 Paris attacks	National mourning on November 15–17. State flags were lowered to half mast on all government, local government and public buildings. All state schools and universities in Paris remained closed the next day, sports events in France for the weekend of 14–15 November were postponed or cancelled. Many concerts and events have been cancelled. Disneyland Paris, which had operated every day since opening in 1992, closed its parks as a mark of respect for those who died in the attacks. The Eiffel Tower, a Paris landmark visited by 20,000 people a day, was closed for two days. Other venues that were to remain closed included shops and cinemas.[921][922][923][924][925][926]
Monaco				A minute of silence was helt on November 16 the port of Monaco was closed and the fireworks celebration on the 18th was cancelled [927]
Mauritius		2		[928]
Hungary		1		[929]
Croatia				[930]
Republic of Srpska				[931]
Kosovo				[932]
Latvia				[933]
Moldova				[934]
European Union				European Day of Mourning and a minute of silence.[935]
Benin				[936]
Mali	2015	3	Victims of 2015 Bamako hotel attack	[937][938][939]
Guinea				[937][938][939]
Mauritania				[937][938][939]
Senegal				[937][938][939]
South Korea	2015	5	Death of former President of South Korea Kim Young-sam	[940][941][942]
Azerbaijan	2015	1	Victims of a fire at an oil rig in Caspian Sea	[943]
Algeria	2015	8	Death of Hocine Aït Ahmed	[944]
Pakistan	2016	1	Victims of the January 2016 Pakistan attack	[945]
Nepal	2016	3	Death of former Prime Minister Sushil Koirala	[946]
Burkina Faso	2016	3	Victims of an Islamist militants attack	[947]
South Ossetia	2016	1	Death of Tamerlan Aguzarov	[948]
Solomon Islands	2016	1	Death of Peter Kenilorea	[949]
Ivory Coast	2016	3	Victims of the Grand-Bassam shootings	[950]
Sri Lanka	2016	1	Death of Galagama Sri Aththadassi Thera	[951]
Palestine	2016	1	Victims of a bus crash in Jordan	[952]
Malta	2016	3	Death of Joseph Mercieca	The Maltese flags were half mast at government buildings[953]
Dominican Republic	2016	1	Death of Claudio Caamaño	[954]
Belgium	2016	3	Victims of the 2016 Brussels bombings	[955]
Romania		1		[64][956]
Croatia				[957]
Lithuania				[958]
Serbia				[959]
Moldova				[960]
Malta				[953]
Ethiopia	2016	2	Victims of April 2016 Ethiopian raid	[961]
Chile	2016	3	Death of former President Patricio Aylwin	[962]
Ecuador	2016	8	Victims of 2016 Ecuador earthquake	[963]
Cape Verde	2016	2	Victims of an attack at a military barracks	[964]
Burundi	2016	3	Death of former president of Burundi Jean-Baptiste Bagaza	[965]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	2016	40	Death of President Mohamed Abdelaziz	[966]
Algeria		8		[967]
Mauritania		3		[968]
Cuba		2		[969]
Dominican Republic	2016	3	Death of former President Antonio Imbert Barrera	[970]
Moldova	2016	1	Victims of 2016 Haragîș helicopter crash	[971]
Kazakhstan	2016	1	Victims of the 2016 Aktobe shootings	[293]
Turkey	2016	1	Victims of the 2016 Atatürk Airport attack	[972]
Bangladesh	2016	2	Victims of Dhaka cafe attack	[973]
Iraq	2016	3	Victims of the 2016 Baghdad suicide bombing	[974]
Trinidad and Tobago	2016	7	Death of former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Patrick Manning	Flags was flown at half-mast until day of funeral, which was on July 9.[975][976]
Dominica		2		[977]
France	2016	3	Victims of the 2016 Nice truck attack	[978]
Andorra		1		[979]
Northern Cyprus				[980]
Mali	2016	3	Victims of the 2016 Nampala attack	[981][982]
Abkhazia	2016	1	Death of writer Fazil Iskander	[983]
Kosovo	2016	1	Victims of the 2016 Munich shooting	[984]
Benin	2016	3	Death of former President Émile Derlin Zinsou	[985]
Brazil	2016	1	Death of Hélio Vieira Andrade	[22]
Romania	2016	1	Death of former Queen-consort Anne of Romania	[986][987]
Moldova				[988]
DR Congo	2016	3	Victims of the Beni massacre	[989]
Bolivia	2016	3	Death of Rodolfo Illanes	[990]
Italy	2016	2	Victims of the August 2016 Central Italy earthquake	30 August was the second day of national mourning[991]
Romania		1		11 Romanians were among those killed.[992]
Kyrgyzstan	2016	1	Victims of a fire in Moscow and a road accident	14 Kyrgyzs died in the fire and another 9 in the accident.August 29 was the national day of mourning.[993]
Uzbekistan	2016	3	Death of President Islam Karimov	TV programs suspended the normal program to broadcast coverage of the death of the president and radio stations played calm music. Entertainment venues closed and concerts canceled.[994][995]
Cuba		1		September 5 was a day of national mourning[996]
Italy	2016	1	Death of former President Italy Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	[997][998]
Cape Verde	2016	2	Death of former president António Mascarenhas Monteiro	[999]
Haiti	2016	3	Victims of Hurricane Matthew	[1000]
Ethiopia	2016	3	Victims of the violences at 2016 Irreecha festival in Bishoftu	[1001]
Slovakia	2016	1	Death of former first President Michal Kováč	[1002]
Thailand	2016–17	365	Death of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej	After announcing his death for 30 days, all TV channels suspended regular programs and simultaneously broadcast special programs that consisted of monochrome films and photos of Bhumibol, as well as reports of royal events. International channels have also been blocked and replaced with this program. The government declared a year-long mourning period for Bhumibol. Citizens were asked to refrain from participating in "joyful events" and entertainment for 30 days following his death; as a result, a number of events, including sports (such as the Thai League football season, which ended entirely), were cancelled or postponed. Entertainment outlets such as cinemas, nightclubs and theatres closed for 30 days. October 14 was declared a day off from work.[1003][1004]
Bhutan	2016	1		October 14 was declared a day of national mourning. The flags were lowered half-mast. Offices and schools were closed on that day.[1005][1006]
Central African Republic	2016	1	Victims of the 2016 Kaga-Bandoro clashes	[1007]
Qatar	2016	3	Death of former Emir Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani	[1008]
Cameroon	2016	1	Victims of the 2016 Eséka train derailment	[1009]
Uruguay	2016	1	Death of former President Jorge Batlle	On October 25, the day of the ex-president's funeral was a day of national mourning.[1010][1011]
Sri Lanka	2016	7	Death of W. D. Amaradeva	[1012]
Costa Rica	2016	3	Victims of Hurricane Otto	[1013]
Ecuador	2016	3	Death of former President Sixto Durán Ballén	[1014]
Mozambique	2016	3	Victims of the Caphiridzange explosion	[1015][1016]
Cuba	2016	9	Death of former Cuban President Fidel Castro	Place of entertainment and night clubs closed, public show and concerts were cancelled. Television broadcast patriotic and historical programs, and radio stations broadcast classical and mourning music.[1017][1018][1019]
Dominica				[1020]
Nicaragua				[1021]
Algeria		8		[1022]
Bolivia		7		[1022]
Equatorial Guinea		3		[1023]
North Korea				Flags were flown at half-staff.[584]
Venezuela				Flags at half-mast on all government, state and public buildings. Canceled a music festival in Caracas and other public events in the country, and state television dedicated a special program to Castro, publicized with the slogan "Honor and Glory to Fidel.[1024][1025]
Namibia				[1026]
Haiti				[1027]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic				[1028]
Uruguay		1		[1029]
Vietnam				December 4 was a day of national mourning. On that day, all entertainment and cultural events were canceled.[1030]
Angola				[1031]
Trinidad and Tobago				[1032][failed verification]
Brazil	2016	3	Victims of the crash of LaMia Flight 2933	[1033][22]
Costa Rica	2016	3	Death of former President Luis Alberto Monge	[1034]
Egypt	2016	3	Victims of Botroseya Church bombing	[1035]
Bulgaria	2016	1	Victims of the Hitrino train derailment	[1036]
Turkey	2016	1	Victims of the December 2016 Istanbul bombings	[1037]
Northern Cyprus				[912]
Brazil	2016	3	Death of Paulo Evaristo Arns	[22]
Dominican Republic	2016	3	Death of Mayobanex Vargas	[1038]
Russia	2016	1	Victims of the 2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash	[1039]
Transnistria				[1040]
Belarus				[citation needed]
Donetsk People's Republic				[citation needed]
Sri Lanka	2016	1	Death of former Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake	[1041]
Portugal	2017	3	Death of former president and Prime Minister Mário Soares	[1042][39]
Iran	2017	3	Death of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	[1043]
Seychelles	2017	1	Death of former President James Mancham	[1044]
UAE	2017	3	5 diplomats killed in the January 2017 Kampala bombings	[1045]
Kyrgyzstan	2017	1	Victims of the crash of Turkish Airlines Flight 6491	[1046]
Mali	2017	3	Victims of the 2017 Gao attack	[1047]
Brazil	2017	3	Death of Teori Zavascki	[22]
Iran	2017	1	Firefighters killed in the collapse of the Plasco Building	[1048]
Hungary	2017	1	Victims of the 2017 Verona bus crash	[1049]
Brazil	2017	3	Death of former First Lady Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva	[1050][22]
El Salvador	2017	3	Death of former President Carlos Humberto Romero	[1051]
Ukraine	2017	1	Victims of a tragedy at a mine	[3]
Tonga	2017	10	Death of Queen Mother Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe	[1052]
Haiti	2017	6	Death of former President René Préval	[1053]
Sweden	2017	1	Victims of the 2017 Stockholm truck attack	[1054]
Guatemala	2017	3	Victims of the 2017 Guatemala orphanage fire	[1055]
Ethiopia	2017	3	Victims of a rubbish landslide	[1056]
Senegal	2017	3	Victims of a fire at a Muslim religious retreat	[1057]
Botswana	2017	3	Death of former President Ketumile Masire	[1058]
Mauritania	2017	3	Death of former junta leader Ely Ould Mohamed Vall	[1059]
Afghanistan	2017	1	Victims of the 2017 Camp Shaheen attack	[1060]
Kyrgyzstan	2017	1	Victims of the 2017 Kyrgyzstan mudslides	[1061]
Zambia	2017	3	Death of Salome Kapwepwe	[1062]
Finland	2017	1	Death of former president and Prime Minister Mauno Koivisto	[1063]
Greece	2017	4	Death of former Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis	[139]
Vanuatu	2017	10	Death of President Baldwin Lonsdale	[1064]
Portugal	2017	3	Victims of the June 2017 Portugal wildfires	[1065][39]
Greenland	2017	1	Victims of the 2017 Greenland tsunami	[1066]
Cameroon	2017	2	Sinking of a Military vessel	July 28–29 were days of mourning [1067]
Sierra Leone	2017	7	Victims of the 2017 Sierra Leone mudslides	[1068]
South Ossetia	2017	1	Death of Poet Nafi Jusoita	[1069]
Spain	2017	3	Victims of the 2017 Barcelona attacks	[1070]
Gibraltar				[1071]
Portugal	2017	1	Victims of a fallen tree which killed 13 people in Madeira	3 days of mourning at regional level,[1072] 1 day of mourning at national level.[1073][39]
Kosovo	2017	1	Death of former Prime Minister of Kosovo Bajram Rexhepi	[1074]
Mexico	2017	3	Victims of the 2017 Chiapas earthquake	[1075]
Mexico	2017	3	Victims of the 2017 Puebla earthquake	[1076]
Iraq	2017	3	Death of former President Jalal Talabani	[1077]
Kurdistan		7		The Kurdistan Regional Government declared 7 days of mourning[1078]
Costa Rica	2017	3	Victims of Hurricane Nate	[1079]
Minas Gerais (state of  Brazil	2017	3	Victims of the Janaúba massacre	[1080]
Somalia	2017	3	Victims of the 14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings	[1081]
Portugal	2017	3	Victims of the October 2017 Iberian wildfires	[1082][39]
Namibia	2017	3	Death of Angelika Kazetjindire Muharukua	[1083]
Goiás (state of  Brazil)	2017	3	Victims of the Goyases School shooting	[1084]
Malta	2017	1	Murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia	[1085]
Iran	2017	1	Victims of the 2017 Iran–Iraq earthquake	[1086]
Greece	2017	1	Victims of 2017 West Attica floods	[1087]
Egypt	2017	3	Victims of 2017 Sinai mosque attack	[1088]
Turkey		1		[1089][1090]
Georgia	2017	1	Victims of fire at Leogrand Hotel in Batumi	[1091]
Romania	2017	3	Death of former King Michael I	[1092][64]
Namibia	2017	4	Death of Isak Ashinkono Shoome	[1093]
DR Congo	2018	2	Victims of the January 2018 DR Congo floods	[1094]
Senegal	2018	2	Victims of a massacre	[1095]
Iran	2018	1	Victims of the Sanchi oil tanker collision	[1096]
United Arab Emirates	2018	3	Death of Sheikha Hessa bint Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan	[1097]
Afghanistan	2018	1	Victims of the 2018 Kabul bombings	[1098]
Kiribati	2018	3	Victims of the sinking of the MV Butiraoi	[1099]
East Timor	2018	3	Death of former President Francisco Xavier do Amaral	[1100]
Venezuela	2018	3	Death of José Antonio Abreu
Russia	2018	1	Victims of the 2018 Kemerovo fire	[1101]
Belarus				[1102]
Palestine	2018	1	Victims of the 2018 Israel-Gaza conflict	[1103]
South Africa	2018	10	Death of former First Lady of South Africa Winnie Madikizela-Mandela	[1104]
Georgia	2018	1	Victims of an accident on Tkibuli Mindeli mine	[1105]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	2018	7	Victims of the 2018 Algerian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash	[1106]
Algeria		3		[1107]
South Sudan	2018	3	Death of army chief James Ajongo Mawut	[1108]
Bulgaria	2018	1	Victims of a bus accident on the Trakia motorway	[1109]
Central African Republic	2018	3	Victims of the 2018 Fatima church attack	[1110]
Turkey	2018	3	Victims of 2018 Israel-Gaza conflict	[1111]
Cuba	2018	2	Victims of Cubana de Aviación Flight 972	Official period of mourning from 6 am on May 19 to 12 midnight on May 20.[1112]
Portugal	2018	1	Death of António Arnaut	[citation needed]
Uganda	2018	3	Victims of the 2018 Kiryandongo bus accident	[1113]
Dominican Republic	2018	1	Death of Joseíto Mateo	[1114]
Namibia	2018	4	Death of Auguste Mukwahepo	[1115]
Kosovo	2018	1	Death of Fadil Vokrri	[1116]
Zambia	2018	3	Death of Victoria Kalima	[1117]
Guyana	2018	1	Murder of multiple fisherman Off Suriname's coast	[1118]
Georgia	2018	1	Victims of an accident on Mindeli Coal Mine Mining	[1119][1120]
Greece	2018	3	Victims of the 2018 Greece wildfires	[1121]
Paraguay	2018	3	Victims of July 2018 Paraguay plane crash	[1122]
Croatia	2018	1	Death of Oliver Dragojevic	[1123]
India	2018	1	Death of M. Karunanidhi, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu	[1124]
India	2018	7	Death of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee	Most schools, offices and companies were closed on Friday as a sign of respect after the death of the former prime minister. All entertainment and cultural events during the national mourning have been canceled.[1125][1126]
Ghana	2018	7	Death of Kofi Annan	[1127]
Italy	2018	1	Victims of Ponte Morandi collapse	[1128][1129]
Dominican Republic	2018	1	Death of Rafael Calventi Gaviño and Ramón Rodríguez	[1130]
Bulgaria	2018	1	Victims of a bus accident near Svoge	[1131][1132]
Donetsk People's Republic	2018	3	Assassination of prime minister Alexander Zakharchenko	National mourning on September 1-3.[1133]
Luhansk People's Republic				[1134]
Abkhazia	2018	1	Death of prime minister Gennadi Gagulia	National mourning on September 12.[1135]
Tanzania	2018	4	Victims of the Sinking of MV Nyerere	[1136]
Zambia	2018	1	Victims of an accident near Mokopane	[1137]
Cuba	2018	3	Death of President Tran Dai Quang	Official mourning on 22 and 23 September and national mourning on 24 September.The decree also states that public shows and festive activities will be suspended during the mourning period.[1138][1139][1140]
Vietnam		2		Entertainment and cultural events canceled.[1141][1142][1143]
Laos				Entertainment and cultural events canceled.[1144]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2018	3	Victims of the Mbuba road tanker explosion	[1145]
Armenia	2018	1	Death of Charles Aznavour	[1146]
Artsakh				[1147]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2018	1	Killing of 2 police officers in a crossfire with car robbers	October 29 was day of mourning.[1148]
Central African Republic	2018	3	Victims of the 2018 Alindao clashes	[1149]
Uganda	2018	1	Victims of an accident on Lake Victoria	[1150]
United States	2018	1	Death of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush	Federal agencies and departments were closed.[1151]
Kosovo				[1152]
Namibia	2018	4	Death of Matias Ndakolo	[1153]
Ethiopia	2018	1	Death of former President Girma Wolde-Giorgis	[1154]
Poland	2018	1	Victims of a mine accident in the Czech Republic	12 Polish citizens were among those killed.[1155]
Iran	2018	1	Death of Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi	[1156]
Kosovo	2018	1	Death of Izet Demaj	[1157]
Nigeria	2018/19	3	Death of former president Shehu Shagari	[1158]
Poland	2019	2	Assassination of Gdańsk Mayor Paweł Adamowicz	[1159]
Georgia	2019	1	Victims of an explosion in a residential building in Tbilisi's Didi Digomi district	[1160]
Colombia	2019	3	Victims of 2019 Bogotá car bombing	[1161]
Namibia	2019	4	Death of Peter Kagadhinwa Nambundunga	[1162]
Zambia	2019	3	Death of former Vice President Lupando Mwape	[1163]
Poland	2019	2	Death of former Prime Minister Jan Olszewski	[1164]
North Macedonia	2019	2	Victims of a bus crash near Gostivar	[1165]
Philippines	2019	1	Death of Francisco Mañosa	[1166]
Liberia	2019	1	Victims of the 2019 Gbonepea landslide	[1167]
Portugal	2019	1	Victims of domestic violence	By March, 13 people had died of domestic violence in Portugal.[1168]
Seychelles	2019	1	Death of former President France Albert Rene	[1169]
African Union	2019	3	Victims of the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302	[1170]
Ethiopia		1		[1171]
Mauritania	2019	3	Death of former president Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly	[1172]
New Zealand	2019	1	Victims of Christchurch mosque shootings	[1173]
Pakistan				[1174]
India	2019	1	Death of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar	[1175]
Zimbabwe	2019	2	Victims of Cyclone Idai	[1176]
Mozambique		3		[1177]
Mali	2019	3	Victims of Ogossagou massacre	[1178]
Iraq	2019	3	Victims of 2019 Tigris River ferry sinking	[1179]
Peru	2019	3	Death of former President Alan Garcia	[1180]
Portugal	2019	3	Victims of the 2019 Madeira bus crash	[1181]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2019	1	Victims of 2019 Lake Kivu boat accident	[1182]
Sri Lanka	2019	1	Victims of the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings	[1183]
Luxembourg	2019	12	Death of former Grand Duke Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg	[1184]
São Tomé and Príncipe	2019	3	Victims of the sinking of the Amfiriti	[1185]
South Africa	2019	7	Victims of 2019 Durban Easter floods	[1186][1187]
Ethiopia	2019	1	Death of former President Negasso Gidada	[1188]
Equatorial Guinea	2019	7	Death of Minister of Presidential Security Antonio Mba Nguema Mikué	Mourning set just in military bases[1189]
Niger	2019	3	Victims of a fuel truck explosion	[1190]
Spain	2019	2	Death of former first Deputy Prime Minister Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba	[1191]
Albania	2019	1	Death of an army officer	[1192]
São Paulo (state of  Brazil	2019	3	Victims of the Suzano massacre	[1193]
Lebanon	2019	2	Death of Nasrallah Sfeir	The Council of Ministers decreed two days of national mourning, on May 15 and 16. On the day of the funeral, May 16, public and private offices will remain closed. Even Catholic schools will remain closed. There will be silence in television broadcasts.[1194]
Ecuador	2019	4	Death of Julio César Trujillo	[1195]
Central African Republic	2019	3	Victims of a massacre in Paoua	[1196]
Namibia	2019	4	Death of Nickey Iyambo	[1197]
Portugal	2019	1	Death of writer Agustina Bessa-Luís	[1198]
Mali	2019	3	Victims of Sobane Da village massacre	[1199]
Cape Verde	2019	2	Death of Paulino do Livramento Évora	[1200]
Jamaica	2019	4	Death of former Prime Minister Edward Seaga	[1201]
Cyprus	2019	3	Death of former President Demetris Christofias	[1202]
Peru	2019	2	Death of Minister of Defence José Huerta	[1203]
Ethiopia	2019	1	Victims of the 2019 Amhara Region coup attempt	[1204]
United Arab Emirates	2019	3	Death of Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi	[1205]
Argentina	2019	3	Death of former President Fernando de la Rúa	[1206]
Dominican Republic	2019	1	Death of Hugo Tolentino Dipp	[1207]
Tunisia	2019	7	Death of President Beji Caid Essebsi	The government also decided to cancel all artistic performances and other cultural events across Tunisia, according to a statement from the government presidency[1208][1209]
Egypt		3		[1210]
African Union				[1211]
Algeria				[1210]
Libya				[1210]
Lebanon				[1210]
Jordan				[1210]
Palestine				[1210]
Mauritania				[1210]
Cuba		1		[1212]
Somalia	2019	3	Death of Abdirahman Omar Osman	[1213]
Tanzania	2019	3	Victims of the Morogoro tanker explosion	[1214]
Burkina Faso	2019	3	Victims of an attack	[1215]
Gambia	2019	7	Death of first President Dawda Jawara	Initially was 3 days of mourning [1216][1217]
Zimbabwe	2019	8	Death of former President Robert Mugabe	[1218][1219]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic		3		[1220]
Kenya				[1221][1222][1223]
Indonesia	2019	3	Death of former President B. J. Habibie	[1224]
Bahamas	2019	1	Victims of Hurricane Dorian	[1225]
Chad	2019	3	Death of former President Lol Mahamat Choua	[1226]
Liberia	2019	1	Victims of a fire at a religious boarding school outside the Liberian capital Monrovia	[1227]
Tonga	2019	1	Death of Prime Minister Akilisi Pohiva	[1228]
Andorra	2019	3	Death of former French President Jacques Chirac	[1229][1230]
France		1		September 30, the day of the funeral - the day of national mourning. The flags were lowered half-mast.[1231]
Lebanon				September 30, the day of the funeral - the day of national mourning. The flags were lowered half-mast.[1232]
Portugal	2019	1	Death of former interim Prime Minister Diogo Freitas do Amaral	[1233]
Czech Republic	2019	1	Death of Karel Gott	October 12, the day of the funeral - the day of national mourning. Flags lowered half-mast.[1234]
Mali	2019	3	Victims of 2019 Mali attacks	[1235]
Cape Verde	2019	2	Death of Julio Herbert Lopes	[1236][1237][1238]
Burkina Faso	2019	3	Victims of 2019 attack on a convoy transporting local employees of Canadian mining company Semafo in eastern Burkina Faso	[1239]
Benin	2019	1	Death of Albert Tévoédjrè	[1240]
Cameroon	2019	1	Victims of the 2019 Cameroon mudslides	[1241]
Slovakia	2019	1	Victims of a bus crash in Nitra	November 15 was declared a day of national mourning. The flags were lowered half-mast.[1242]
UAE	2019	3	Death of Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan	[1243]
Cambodia	2019	1	Death of Cambodia Princess Norodom Bopha Devi	[1244]
Liberia	2019	1	Death of Charles Brumskine	[1245]
Albania	2019	1	Victims of the 2019 Albania earthquake	[1246]
Kosovo				Kosovo has an ethnic Albanian majority population.[1246]
Ukraine	2019	1	Victims of a fire at a college in Odesa	[3][1247]
Niger	2019	3	Victims of 2019 Niger attack	[1248]
Chile	2019	2	Victims of the 2019 Chilean Air Force C-130 crash	[1249]
Algeria	2019	3	Death of Algerian army chief Ahmed Gaid Salah	Also, 7 days of mourning was announced in military institutions[1250]
Burkina Faso	2019	2	Victims of the Arbinda attack	[1251]
Kazakhstan	2019	1	Victims of Bek Air Flight 2100	[1252][293]
Iraq	2019–20	3	Those killed in the U.S. airstrikes against Kata'ib Hezbollah	Mourning period began on New Year's Eve.[1253]

See also

• National day of mourning
  • List of national days of mourning (before 2000)
  • List of national days of mourning (2020–present)
• International day of mourning, a similar concept at the international level
• European Day of Mourning, a similar concept at the EU level
• Arab League Day of Mourning, a similar concept at the Arabian level

Notes

a.	^ Bangladesh decrees mourning day for both tragedies