List of national days of mourning (2020–present)

This is a list of national days of mourning since 2020. It does not include annual remembrance events. A gray row indicates that the mourning period was unofficial or specific to a selected region.

2020

Country	Days	Reason	Notes
Iran	3	Assassination of Qasem Soleimani, commander of Iran's Quds Force, in a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad, Iraq	A three-day national mourning was announced on 4 to 6 January.[1]
Iraq			[2]
Libya	3	Victims of an airstrike in eastern Libya	[3]
Chad	1	Death of former prime minister Djimrangar Dadnadji	[4]
Malta	1	Death of Prospero Grech	[5]
Iran	1	Victims of the stampede at Qasem Soleimani's funeral and the crash of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752	January 9 was declared a day of national mourning.[6][7]
Ukraine	1	Victims of the crash of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752	[8]
Oman	3	Death of Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said	Work for both public and private sectors were suspended for three days. Entertainment and cultural events canceled.[9][10]
Kuwait			January 11–13 were public sector holidays.[11][12]
Saudi Arabia			However, flags weren't at half-mast[13]
Qatar			[14]
UAE			[15]
Bahrain			[16]
Lebanon			[17]
Egypt			[18]
India	1		Entertainment events were canceled on January 13.[19][20]
Bangladesh			[21][22][23]
Niger	3	Soldiers killed in the Battle of Chinagodrar	[24]
Burkina Faso	2	Victims of 2020 Burkina Faso attacks	[25]
Kosovo	1	Death of Sami Thaqi	[26]
Czech Republic	1	Death of Chairman of the Senate of the Czech Republic Jaroslav Kubera	Flags lowered to half-mast.[27]
Kenya	9	Death of the former president of Kenya Daniel arap Moi	[28]
Kosovo	1	Death of Nexhmije Pagarusha	[29]
Mozambique	7	Death of Marcelino dos Santos	[30]
Mozambique	2	Death of former Prime Minister Mario Machungo	[31]
Egypt	3	Death of former president of Egypt Hosni Mubarak	[32]
UAE	1		[33]
Nicaragua	3	Death of Ernesto Cardenal	[34]
Liberia	3	Death of Liberian Ambassador to Senegal Mary-Ann Fossung	[35]
Peru	2	Death of former Prime Minister and former UN Secretary General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar	[36]
Burkina Faso	3	Victims of the 2020 Dinguila and Barga attacks	[37]
Guinea	1	Footballers killed in a bus crash	[citation needed]
Chad	3	Victims of 2020 Boko Haram attack	[38]
Mexico	33	Victims of the COVID-19 pandemic	In the evening edition of the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) a decree was published in which it is established that, as a sign of mourning, the National Flag would be hoisted at half mast, during the period from August 13 to September 11, 2020.[citation needed][39][40] A second period of mourning, for 3 days, were declared starting from October 31 to November 2, 2020.[41][42][43]
Ecuador	15		[44]
Spain	10		National mourning from May 27 to June 5. This is the longest period of national mourning in Spain since its transition to democracy.[45]
Brazil	7		First 3 days decreed in May, the following 4 in August[46][47]
South Africa	5		National mourning on November 25–29. Also decreed for gender-based and femicide victims.[48][49]
Andorra	3		[50][51]
Italy	1		March 31 was national day of mourning.[52]
China			April 4 was national day of mourning.
Hong Kong			April 4 was national day of mourning[53]
Macao			[citation needed]
Holy See			March 31 was national day of mourning, Vatican mourns for Coronavirus deaths from Italy and for the world[54]
Kazakhstan			July 13 was national day of mourning.[55]
Kyrgyzstan			July 30 was national day of mourning.[56][57]
Portugal			November 2 day of national mourning, to coincide with All Souls Day.[58][59]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	7	Death of Mhammad Jadad	[60]
Somalia	3	Death of former Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein	[61]
Comoros	3	Death of Grand Mufti of Comoros	[62]
South Sudan	3	Death of Mansour Khalid	[63]
South Africa	3	Death of Denis Goldberg	[64]
Laos	5	Death of former Prime Minister Sisavath Keobounphanh	[65]
Uruguay	3	Killing of 3 Uruguayan young marines	[66]
Jamaica	7	Death of Shahine Robinson	[67]
Kenya	14	Death of President of Burundi Pierre Nkurunziza	[68]
Rwanda			Flags at half mast.[69]
Burundi	7		In the section on other matters, the government announced the suspension of all non-religious music in public places during the presidential mourning period. The seven-day national mourning was announced on June 9, the day after the president's death. A government statement said music in bars, nightclubs and karaoke sessions had been suspended. It was announced that only weddings and funerals were allowed. On June 26, the president's funeral was declared a day off. On that day, offices, schools and companies were closed.[70][71][72]
Tanzania	3		[73]
Cuba	1		[74]
Mali	3	Victims of a terrorist attacks in Diabaly	[75]
Namibia	3	Death of Martin Lazarus Shipanga	[76]
United States Virgin Islands	1	Murder of George Floyd	[77]
Equatorial Guinea	3	Death of First president of the Chamber of Deputies Santiago Nsobeya	National mourning on July 11-13. Flags at half mast.[78]
Ivory Coast	8	Death of Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly	[79]
Tanzania	7	Death of former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa	[80]
Kenya	3		[81]
Uganda			[82]
Burundi			[83]
Rwanda			[84]
East African Community			[85]
Bolivia	3	Death of Óscar Urenda	[86]
Barbados	3	Death of former Prime Minister Owen Seymour Arthur	[87]
Niue	1	Death of former Premier Toke Talagi	[88]
Taiwan	3	Death of former president Lee Teng-hui	[89]
Cuba	1	Death of Eusebio Leal	[90]
Liberia	5	Death of Munah Pelham-Youngblood	[91]
Lebanon	3	Victims of the 2020 Beirut explosion	[92]
Palestine	1		[93]
Venezuela	3	Death of Darío Vivas	[citation needed]
Vietnam	2	Death of former Party Chief Le Kha Phieu	[94]
Zambia	3	Death of former Vice President Alexander Grey Zulu	[95]
Georgia	1	Victims of an accident near Dusheti	[96]
Haiti	3	Death of Monferrier Dorval	[97]
India	7	Death of former president of India Pranab Mukherjee	National mourning from August 31 to September 6. Official entertainment events canceled.[98]
Bangladesh	1		September 2 was declared a day of national mourning.[99][100][101]
Mali	3	Death of former president Moussa Traoré	[102]
Zambia	1	Death of Ephraim Chibwe	[103]
Ukraine	1	Victims of the 2020 Chuhuiv An-26 crash	September 26 is the day of national mourning.[104]
Kuwait	40	Death of Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah	Kuwaiti government announced 40 days of national mourning, while deciding to close government and official institutions for three days starting on Tuesday.[105]
Jordan			Flags flown at half-mast for 40 days of national mourning, including 3 days of general mourning.[106]
Arab League	3		[107]
Qatar			[108]
Bahrain			[109]
Oman			Suspension of work in public and private sector starting from Wednesday.[110]
Egypt			[111][112]
Libya			[113]
United Arab Emirates			[114]
Lebanon			[115]
Palestine			[116]
Mauritania			[117]
Djibouti	2		[118]
India	1		India on Thursday declared one-day state mourning on Sunday October 4 and there were no official entertainment programmes on that day.[119]
Iraq			[120]
Bangladesh			[121]
Cuba			Decreed an official mourning from 06:00 hours to 12:00 pm on this October 1.[122]
Argentina	1	Death of cartoonist Quino	[123]
Brunei	7	Death of Prince Azim	[124]
Republic of Congo	1	Death of former president Joachim Yhombi-Opango	National mourning on October 30.[125]
Cameroon	1	Victims of the Kumba school massacre	[126]
Libya	3	Death of Wanis Bukhamada [ar]	[127]
Afghanistan	1	Victims of the 2020 Kabul University attack	[128][129][130]
Austria	3	Victims of the Vienna attack	Schools should also observe a minute's silence at the beginning of lessons on Wednesday.[131][132][133]
São Tomé and Príncipe	1	Death of Bernardino Araújo	[134][135][136]
Bahrain	7	Death of Prime Minister of Bahrain Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa	Bahrain's King ordered a week-long period of mourning and the suspension of all governmental work for three days starting from Thursday.[137][138][139][140]
Bangladesh	1		[141][142][143][144]
Palestine	3	Death of Saeb Erekat	[145][146]
Ghana	7	Death of former president Jerry Rawlings	[147][148][149]
Mali	3	Death of former president Amadou Toumani Touré	National mourning on November 16–18.[150]
Portugal	1	Death of architect Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles	On November 12, the day of national mourning.[151]
Serbia	3	Death of Serbian Patriarch Orthodox Church Irinej	The government announced three days of national mourning as bells on churches across the country tolled.[152][153][154]
Republic of Srpska (Entity of  Bosnia and Herzegovina)			[152]
Mauritania	3	Death of former president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi	[155][156][157]
Malta	1	Death of poet Oliver Friggieri	National mourning on November 25 [158]
Niger	3	Death of former president Mamadou Tandja	[159][160][161]
Argentina	3	Death of football legend Diego Maradona	[162]
Sudan	3	Death of former Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi	[163]
Portugal	1	Death of philosopher Eduardo Lourenço	On December 2, the day of national mourning.[164]
Andorra	3	Death of former president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing	[165][166]
France	1		December 9 is the day of national mourning. All flags were lowered to half-mast.[167]
Uruguay	3	Death of former president Tabare Vasquez	[168][169]
Zambia	1	Death of Benjamin Mibenge	[170]
Venezuela	3	Victims of Güiria tragedy	[171]
Niger	3	Victims of an attack on a village on 12 December	[172]
Dominican Republic	1	Death of Alejandro Grullón	[173]
Armenia	3	Victims of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war	[174][175]
Artsakh			[176][177]
Tuvalu	1	Death of former prime minister Saufatu Sopoanga	[citation needed]
Andorra	1	Death of former prime minister Òscar Ribas Reig	[178]
Dominican Republic	1	Death of poet and former First Lady Carmen Quidiello	[179]
Papua New Guinea	5	Death of former prime minister Mekere Morauta	National mourning period from December 31 2020 to January 4 2021. Flags at half mast. Government buildings closed or scaled down operations.[180]

2021

Country	Days	Calender days	Reason	Notes
Croatia	1	January 2	Victims of the 2020 Petrinja earthquake	On 2 January, the day of national mourning.[181]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	January 2	Victims of the 2021 Tribistovo poisoning	On 2 January, the day of national mourning.[182]
Croatia		January 5		On 5 January, the day of national mourning.[183]
Portugal	1	January 4	Death of singer Carlos do Carmo	On 4 January, the day of national mourning.[184]
Zambia	1	January 4	Death of Sarah Sayifwanda	[185]
Niger	3	January 5-7	Victims of the 2021 Tillabéri attacks	[186]
Malawi	3	January 13-15	Death of Lingson Belekanyama and Muhammad Sidik Mia	[187][188][189][190]
Belize	3	January 20-22	Death of former first Governator General Dame Minita Gordon	[191][192][193]
Ukraine	1	January 23	Victims of the 2021 Kharkiv fire	[194]
Colombia	3	January 27-29	Death of Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo and others who died of COVID-19	[195]
Zambia	1	February 9	Death of Sebastian Zulu	[196]
Argentina	3	February 15-17	Death of former president Carlos Menem	[197][198]
Dominican Republic	1	February 18	Death of Johnny Pacheco	[199][200]
Ecuador	3	February 18-20	Death of former president Gustavo Noboa	[201]
Zanzibar	7	February 18-24	Death of Zanzibar First Vice President Seif Sharif Hamad	[202][203][204]
Tanzania	3	February 19-21		[205]
Papua New Guinea	14	February 26-March 11	Death of former founding prime minister of Papua New Guinea Michael Somare	[206]
Argentina	5	July 15-19	Victims of the COVID-19 pandemic	[207][208][209]
Brazil	3	June 23-25		[210][211]
Chile	2	August 10-12		[212][213]
Canada	1	March 11		March 11, the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a pandemic, was designated as a National Day of Observance.[214]
Equatorial Guinea	3	March 10-12	Victims of the 2021 Bata explosions	National mourning from March 10 to March 12.[215][216]
Senegal	1	March 12	Victims of the 2021 Senegalese protests	[217][218][219]
Ivory Coast	8	March 12-19	Death of Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko	National mourning from March 12 to March 19.[220][221]
Guatemala	3	March 13-15	Death of 16 immigrants in Mexico	[222]
Somalia	3	March 14-16	Death of former president Ali Mahdi Mohamed	[223][224]
Moldova	1	March 15	Death of Nicolae Dabija	[225][226][227]
Haiti	3	March 16-18	4 police officers killed in Village de Dieu	[228][229]
Panama	1	March 17	Death of former first Vice President Tomas Altamirano Duque	[230]
Niger	3	March 18-20	Victims of an attack in Banibangou	[231]
Mali	3	March 18-20	Soldiers who were killed in clash with terrorists on the axis Lelehoye-Tessit, in the region of Gao	[232]
Tanzania	14	March 18-31	Death of President John Magufuli	March 22 was a day off from work. On March 25 and March 26, the president's funeral day was declared a public holiday, and government offices, banks, businesses, and schools were closed.[233][234][235]
Uganda				[236]
Rwanda	9	March 18-26		Mourning period declared from March 18 until March 26, the burial day.[237]
Kenya	7	March 18-24		[238]
Burundi				[239]
Mozambique	5	March 20-24		Mozambique's Council of Ministers ordered a five-day national mourning period from March 20–24, during which time the national flag also flew at half-mast.[239]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	3	March 21-23		[240]
South Sudan				[241]
Cuba	1	March 20		[242]
Zambia		March 25		[243][244][245]
Niger	3	March 25-27	Victims of an attack near Tahoua	[246]
United Arab Emirates	3	March 25-27	Death of former Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Finance Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum	Work suspended in government departments and institutions for three days starting from Thursday.[247][248]
Sri Lanka	1	March 25	Death of Kotugoda Dhammawasa Thero	[249][250][251]
Madagascar	1	March 29	Death of former president Didier Ratsiraka	[252][253]
Albania	1	March 29	Death of former Prime Minister of Albania Bashkim Fino	March 29 was the national day of mourning.[254]
United Kingdom	8	April 9-17	Death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	An extended week of mourning was observed by the royal family. First time national mourning was declared in the country since 2002.[255]
British Virgin Islands				[256]
Falkland Islands				[257]
Canada	1	April 17		An eight-day mourning period was declared from April 9 to April 17; with national flag placed at half-mast at all federal buildings. First time mourning was declared in the country since 2010.[258] April 17 was designated a national day of mourning.[258]
Georgia	1	April 10	4 citizens drowned in the Enguri River	[259][260]
Dominican Republic	1	April 12	Death of Marcio Veloz Maggiolo	[261]
Chad	14	April 21-May 4	Death of President Idriss Déby	The president died at the front with the rebels on Northern Chad offensive. The army declared a 14-day period of national mourning and imposed an overnight curfew. Air borders closed until further notice. Government offices, banks and schools were closed while the situation in the country stabilized.[262][263]
Mali	3	April 21-23		National mourning on April 21–23.[264]
South Sudan				[265][266]
Cuba	1	April 23		[267]
Democratic Republic of the Congo				National mourning on April 23, the day of Déby's funeral.[268]
Guinea				[269]
Republic of the Congo				[270]
Namibia	1	April 22	Death of Joseph Ndeshipanda Kashea, Fillipus Nandenga and Salomon Frederick Gamatham	Three war veterans died in the same period (April 11–14). The day of national mourning was on April 22.[271][272]
Argentina	3	May 25-27	Death of Minister of Transport Mario Meoni	[273][274]
Iraq	3	April 26-28	Victims of Baghdad hospital fire	[275]
Uruguay	1	April 28	Death of former Vice President Gonzalo Aguirre Ramírez	[276]
Jordan	7	May 1-7	Death of Prince Muhammad bin Talal	[277][278][279]
Kyrgyzstan	2	May 1-2	Victims of the 2021 Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan conflict	National mourning on May 1–2.[280][281][282][283]
Israel	1	May 2	Victims of the 2021 Meron stampede	May 2 is the day of national mourning. Many cultural activities were cancelled.[284][285][286][287]
Mexico	3	May 4-6	Victims of the Mexico City Metro overpass collapse	National mourning on May 4–6.[288][289][290]
Santa Catarina (state of  Brazil)	3	May 5-7	Victims of the Saudades massacre	[291]
Chile	1	May 7	Death of Humberto Maturana	[292]
Trinidad and Tobago	1	May 8	Death of Franklin Khan	[293]
Afghanistan	1	May 11	Victims of the 2021 Puli Alam bombing and 2021 Kabul school bombing	May 11 was the national day of mourning.[294][295][296]
Zambia	1	May 19	Death of Joseph Chilengi	[297]
Dominican Republic	1	May 19	Death of Pedro Romero Confesor	[298][299][300]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	7	May 28-June 3	Death of Sidi Ahmed El Batal [fr]	[301][302]
Mauritius	2	June 5-6	Death of former prime minister and president Anerood Jugnauth	[303][304][305]
India	1	June 5		[306][307][308]
Burkina Faso	3	June 7-9	Victims of the Solhan and Tadaryat massacres	[309][310]
Dominican Republic	1	June 8	Death of Leandro Guzmán	[311]
Moldova	1	June 9	Death of Iurie Sadovnic	[312]
Brazil	3	June 13-15	Death of former Vice President Marco Maciel	[313][314][315]
Nicaragua	3	June 15-17	Death of former president and Vice President Enrique Bolaños	[316][317]
Namibia	3	July 15-17	Death of John Sinvula Mutwa	[318]
Zimbabwe	3	June 17-19	Death of Emmanuel Francis Ribeiro	[319]
Zambia	21	June 19-July 9	Death of first President Kenneth Kaunda	All flags were lowered to half-mast. All entertainment events were canceled. July 2 and July 7 were declared bank holidays.[320][321]
Zimbabwe	14	June 19-July 2		Initially was 3 days of mourning.[322][319]
South Africa	10	June 19-28		[323]
Botswana	7	June 19-25		[324]
Malawi				[325]
Namibia				National mourning on June 19–25. All flags were lowered to half-mast.[326][327]
Tanzania				[328][329]
Mozambique	6	June 19-24		[330]
South Sudan	3	June 22-24		[331]
Cuba	1	June 21		June 21 is the day of national mourning.[332]
Philippines	10	June 24-July 3	Death of former president Benigno Aquino III	A period of national mourning was announced from June 24 to July 3. All national flags were flown at half-mast as a sign of mourning.[333]
Dominican Republic	1	July 4	Death of Tirso Mejía Ricart	[334][335]
Haiti	3	July 6-8	Death of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Haiti René Sylvestre	[336][337][338]
Dominican Republic	1	July 7	Death of Jose Nicolas Almanzar	[339]
Mozambique	2	July 8-9	Victims of Manhica road crash	[340]
Bolivia	3	July 13-15	Victims of the Chataquila accident	[341]
Haiti	16	July 8-23	Assassination of President of Haiti Jovenel Moïse	Two weeks of national mourning were announced from 8 to 23 July. Flags were lowered to half-mast on all public buildings. Government officials have announced that businesses, schools, and public administration offices must close nationwide July 22–23. Haiti's borders and international airport are closed and martial law has been imposed after Haiti's acting prime minister declared a state of siege.[342][343]
Caribbean Community	4	July 7-9 and 23		CARICOM Standard and national flags were flown at half-staff for 3 days starting from Wednesday July 7 to Friday July 9 and on funeral day of Haitian president.[344]
Suriname	3	July 8-10		[345]
Argentina	2	July 9-10	Death of Carlos Reutemann	[346][347]
Iraq	3	July 14-16	Victims of Nasiriyah hospital fire	[348]
Belgium	1	July 20	Victims of flooding	20 July - day of national mourning. Flags were lowered to half-mast.[349]
Kosovo	1	July 26	Victims of a bus crash in Slavonski Brod	26 July day of mourning with flags at half-staff and parliament postponed its session Monday in memory of 10 Kosovars who died when their bus crashed in Croatia. The victims in the bus crash were all Kosovans.[350][351][352]
Dominican Republic	3	August 30-31	Death of Johnny Ventura	[353][354]
Malawi	2	August 3-4	Victims of the August 2021 Malawi accident	[355][356]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	7	August 3-9	Death of Abdellah Lahbib	[357]
Mali	3	August 6-8	Victims of the Ségou bus-truck collision	[358]
Mali	3	August 11-13	Victims of the Karou and Ouatagouna massacres	[359][360]
Guinea-Bissau	2	August 11-12	Death of Mamadu Saido Baldé	[361]
Algeria	3	August 12-14	Victims of the 2021 Algeria wildfires	National mourning from 12 to 14 August. Flags lowered to half-mast.[362][363][364]
Haiti	3	August 18-20	Victims of the 2021 Haiti earthquake	[365]
Niger	2	August 19-20	Victims of the August 2021 Banibangou attack	[366]
Burkina Faso	3	August 19-21	Victims of the Arbinda massacre	[367]
Antigua and Barbuda	3	August 24-26	Death of former prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda Lester Bird	Official mourning period on 24–26 August.[368]
Liechtenstein	7	August 22-28	Death of Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein	National mourning from 22 to 28 August. All public buildings are marked in the national colors and the colors of the Prince's House. Many cultural events were cancelled, other events were preceded by a minute of silence and restraint.[369][370]
Pakistan	1	September 3	Death of Syed Ali Shah Geelani	[371]
Greece	3	September 3-5	Death of Mikis Theodorakis	National mourning from 3 to 5 September.[372]
Lebanon	2	September 6-7	Death of Sheikh Abdel Amir Qabalan	[373]
North Macedonia	3	September 9-11	Victims of the 2021 Tetovo hospital fire	National mourning on 9–11 September.[374][375]
Namibia	2	September 11	Death of Marco Mukoso Hausiku	[376]
Portugal	3	September 11-13	Death of former president Jorge Sampaio	National mourning on 11–13 September, with State funeral.[377][378][379]
East Timor				[380]
Algeria	3	September 18-20	Death of former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika	National mourning on 18–20 September. Flags on government and public buildings lowered to half-mast during the period of national mourning.[381]
Cuba	1	September 20		[382][383]
Egypt	3	September 21-23	Death of former head of state Mohamed Hussein Tantawi	National mourning on 21–23 September.[384]
Algeria	3	September 23-25	Death of former Head of State Abdelkader Bensalah	National mourning on 23–25 September. Flags on government and public buildings lowered to half-mast during the period of national mourning.[385]
Central African Republic	3	October 7-9	Victims of the Matchika massacre	[386]
Lebanon	1	October 15	Victims of the 2021 Beirut clashes	[387]
Greece	1	October 27	Death of Fofi Gennimata	[388]
Dominican Republic	1	October 30	Death of Reinaldo Pared Pérez	[389]
Niger	2	November 5-6	Victims of the November 2021 Banibangou attack	[390][391]
Moldova	1	November 5	Death of Valentina Rusu-Ciobanu	[392]
Sierra Leone	3	November 9-11	Victims of the Freetown fuel tanker explosion	[393]
Burkina Faso	3	November 15-17	Victims of the 2021 Inata attack	[394]
South Africa	4	November 17-21	Death of former president Frederik Willem de Klerk	National mourning from November 17 to November 21. All national flags were lowered to half-mast.[395]
North Macedonia	3	November 23-25	Victims of the 2021 Bulgaria bus crash	National mourning on 23–25 November.[396]
Kosovo	1	November 24		[397]
Bulgaria	1	November 24	Victims of a fire at a nursing home in Royak and the 2021 Bulgaria bus crash	November 24 was a day of national mourning. Flags on government and public buildings were lowered to half-mast.[398]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3	November 24-26	Death of former prime minister James Fitz-Allen Mitchell	Flags at half mast.[399]
Nauru	1	November 30	Death of former president Kinza Clodumar	[citation needed]
Mali	3	December 6-8	Victims of the 2021 Songho attacks	[400]
India	1	December 9	Death of Bipin Rawat in a helicopter crash	[401]
Guatemala	3	December 14-16	Victims of the Chiapas truck crash	[402][403][404]
Haiti	3	December 16-18	Victims of the Cap-Haïtien fuel tanker explosion	[405]
Mozambique	1	December 17	Death of Sérgio Vieira (politician)	[406]
Madagascar	1	December 21	Victims of the 2021 Madagascar shipwreck	[407]
Burkina Faso	2	December 27-28	Victims of an attack	At least 41 killed.[408][409][410]
South Africa	7	December 28 2021-January 3 2022	Death of Archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu	[411]
Greece	3	December 27-29	Death of former president Karolos Papoulias	National mourning on December 27–29. Flags on government and public buildings were lowered to half-mast.[412][413]

2022

British flag at half-mast following the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022

Country	Number of Days	Calendar days	Reason	Notes
Palestine	1	January 7	Victims of the 2022 West Bank bus crash	January 7 was the day of national mourning.[414][415]
Kazakhstan	1	January 10	Victims of the Kazakh protests	January 10 is the day of national mourning. National flags lowered to half-mast on all government and public buildings. Sports and other events suspended due to the introduction of a state of emergency throughout the country.[416][417]
Mali	3	January 21-23	Death of former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta	National mourning from January 21 to January 23.[418][419]
Liberia	3	January 24-26	Victims of a stampede	[420]
Dominican Republic	1	January 24	Death of Agripino Núñez Collado	[421]
Brazil	1	January 27	Death of Olavo de Carvalho	[315]
Greece	3	February 3-5	Death of former president Christos Sartzetakis	National mourning on February 3–5. All national flags lowered to half-mast.[422]
Guinea-Bissau	2	February 6-8	Victims of the 2022 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt	[423]
India	2	February 7-8	Death of Singer Lata Mangeshkar	India declared a 2-day national mourning period and flags were flown at half mast. Gov't of Maharashtra declared a holiday on 7 Feb and Gov't of West Bengal declared a half-day holiday.[424]
Dominica	1	February 11	Death of Bryson Joseph Louis	[425]
Belize	3	February 14-16	Death of former prime minister Manuel Esquivel	Flags at half mast.[426]
Spain	1	February 22	Capsizing of the Villa de Pitanxo	[427]
Guatemala	3	February 26-28	Death of former vice president Roberto Carpio	[428]
Comoros	3	February 27-March 1	Victims of AB Aviation Flight 1103	[429]
Mauritius	1	March 12	Death of former president Karl Offmann	[430]
Mali	3	March 14-16	In memory of the 27 soldiers killed in Douentza	[431]
Zambia	7	March 14-20	Death of former president Rupiah Banda	[432]
Namibia	3	March 16-18		National mourning from March 16 to March 18. State flags lowered to half-mast.[433][434][435]
Uganda	16	March 21-April 5	Death of speaker of parliament Jacob Oulanyah	Flags were ordered at half mast for the burial process [436]
Kosovo	1	March 25	Death of Madeleine Albright	[437]
Moldova	1	April 4	Victims of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine	[438][439][440]
Latvia		May 9		[441]
Portugal	1	April 19	Death of actress Eunice Muñoz	The day of her funeral on April 19 was a National Day of Mourning.[442]
Kenya	9	April 22-30	Death of former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki	State funeral declared a public holiday, schools and most businesses were closed.[443][444][445]
South Sudan	3	April 24-26		[446]
Tanzania	2	April 29-30		National mourning from April 29 to 30. State flags lowered to half-mast.[447][448]
Lebanon	1	April 24-26	Victims of a capsized boat	[449]
Ivory Coast	3	May 13-15	Death of president of the National Assembly Amadou Soumahoro	[450]
Cuba	2	May 13-14	Victims of the Hotel Saratoga explosion	National mourning from 13 to 14 May. Flags lowered to half-mast.[451][452][453]
United Arab Emirates	40	May 14-June 23	Death of President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan	All federal and local government departments, ministries, and private firms suspended their operations for three days beginning May 14.[454]
Jordan				[455]
Kuwait				His Highness Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah ordered a 40-day mourning and flags flown at half mast while government departments would cease working for three days as of Friday.[456]
Arab League	3	May 15-17		Arab League flag lowered at half-mast.[457]
Bahrain		May 14-16		[458]
Qatar				[459][460]
Saudi Arabia				All recreational and sports events and celebrations that were to take place until Monday, May 16 in all regions of the Kingdom were postponed however flags were not put at half mast.[461]
Egypt				[462][463]
Lebanon				[464]
Oman		May 13-15		National mourning from May 13 to May 15. The flags were lowered to half-mast.[465]
Mauritania		May 14-16		[466]
Morocco				[467]
Maldives				National mourning from May 14–16.[468]
Brazil				[469][470]
Pakistan				[471][472]
Algeria	2	May 13-14		National mourning on May 13–14.[473]
Palestine	1	May 14		May 14 is the day of national mourning. Flags lowered to half-mast[474]
India				May 14 is the day of national mourning. Flags lowered to half-mast. Official entertainment suspended.[475]
Bangladesh				[476]
Cuba		May 17		May 17 is the day of national mourning. Flags lowered to half-mast.[477][478][479]
Senegal	3	May 27-29	Victims of a fire in a hospital	[480]
Iran	1	May 29	Victims of the Abadan building collapse	May 29 is the day of national mourning.[481]
Albania	1	June 2	Death of former president Bujar Nishani	On June 2, he was proclaimed a day of national mourning. Flags lowered to half-mast.[482]
São Tomé and Príncipe	5	June 5-9	Death of former president Evaristo Carvalho	[483]
Nigeria	7	June 6-12	Victims of the Owo church attack	[484]
Dominican Republic	3	June 7-9	Death of Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Orlando Jorge Mera	National mourning on June 7–9.[485]
Iran	1	June 9	Victims of the 2022 South Khorasan train derailment	June 9 is the day of national mourning.[486]
Cyprus	3	June 9-11	Death of Labour Minister of Cyprus Zeta Emilianidou	[487]
Portugal	1	June 9	Death of Paula Rego	[488]
Burkina Faso	3	June 14-16	Victims of the Seytenga massacre	National mourning from June 14-16 [489]
Zambia	1	June 21	Death of Sikota Wina	[490]
South Sudan	3	June 28-30	Death of Manawa Peter Gatkuoth	[491]
Brazil	3	July 9-11	Assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe	[492][493]
Bangladesh	1	July 9		July 9 is the day of mourning.[494]
Bhutan				[495]
Cambodia		July 10		July 10 is the day of mourning.Flags lowered to half-mast. Entertainment clubs, bars, discos and beer gardens closed on the day of national mourning.[496][497]
Cuba		July 11		On July 11, the day of national mourning, flags lowered to the middle of the mast on all public buildings.[498]
India		July 9		July 9 is the day of mourning.[499][500][501]
Nepal				July 9 is the day of mourning.[502][503]
Sri Lanka		July 12		July 12 is the day of mourning.[504]
Taiwan		July 10		[505]
Angola	7	July 9-15	Death of former president José Eduardo dos Santos	Initially 5 days of mourning. State flags were lowered to half-mast and public events canceled.[506][507]
Mozambique	5	July 15-19		[508]
Cuba	1	July 9		July 9 was a day of national mourning. Flags lowered to half-mast.[509]
Democratic Republic of the Congo		July 10		[510]
São Tomé and Príncipe		July 15		[508]
Brazil	1	July 16	Death of Luiz of Orléans-Braganza	[511]
Peru	1	July 16	Death of former president Francisco Remigio Morales Bermúdez Cerrutti	[512]
Iraq	1	July 22	Victims of the Zakho resort attack	[513]
Georgia	1	July 30	Victims of the 2022 Gudauri helicopter crash	[514]
Paraguay	3	August 1-3	Death of Senator Zulma Gómez	[515]
Philippines	10	July 31-August 9	Death of former president Fidel V. Ramos	July 31 to August 9 as national days of mourning, the national flag shall be flown at half-mast from sunrise to sunset, on all government buildings and installations throughout the Philippines and abroad, for a period of 10 days.[516]
Mali	3	August 12-14	Victims of the 2022 Tessit attack	[517]
Montenegro	3	August 13-15	Victims of the 2022 Cetinje shooting	National mourning on August 13–15. Flags flew half-mast. Matches and other sports events were cancelled.[518][519][520]
Armenia	2	August 17-18	Victims of the 2022 Yerevan explosion	[521]
Artsakh				[522]
Kyrgyzstan	1	August 23	Victims of a road accident in Russia	At least 16 people (14 Kyrgyz citizens) were killed.August 23 was day of mourning.[523]
New Zealand	18	September 9-26	Death of Elizabeth II	A period of national mourning started immediately after the announcement of the Queen Elizabeth II's death on 9 September 2022. It continued until the end of the day of the New Zealand Memorial Service is held on 26 September. Public holiday on 26 September.[524][525][526] Further information: Operation London Bridge § New Zealand
Niue				[527]
United Kingdom	10	September 9-18		At the time of the announcement of the queen's death, almost all BBC channels and commercial TV and radio stations interrupted their normal program to cover the death of the queen, and were broadcasting calmer and subdued music. Flags were lowered to half-mast on all government, public, municipal and private buildings. All sporting events in the UK scheduled through the weekend are expected to be postponed. Many public events were canceled. On September 19, the Queen's state funeral day was declared a public holiday, and on that day public offices, government offices, schools, colleges, universities, and many businesses, public places and shops were closed.[528] Main article: Operation London Bridge
Canada				A ten-day period of mourning was declared. Half-masting of the national flag was effective from the day of the passing until sunset on the day of the funeral, with the exception of the day on which the new Monarch is proclaimed. September 19, the date of the funeral for Queen Elizabeth II was a national holiday and national day of mourning in Canada.[529][530] Further information: Operation London Bridge § Canada
Malawi		September 11-20		[531]
Rwanda				[531]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		September 10-19		[532][533]
Belize		September 9-18		[534]
Saint Lucia		September 10-19		[535]
Antigua and Barbuda		September 9-18		[536]
Saint Kitts and Nevis				[536]
Grenada				[536]
Papua New Guinea		September 12-21		[537]
Tuvalu		September 9-18		[536]
Pitcairn Islands				[538]
Cayman Islands				[539]
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha				[540]
Falkland Islands				[541]
Gibraltar				[542]
Ghana	7	September 9-15		[543]
Jordan				[544][545]
Tanzania	5	September 11-15		[546]
Lebanon	4	September 9-11 and 18		Three days from Sept. 9 to 11 and an additional day for the funeral of the queen, scheduled for Sept. 18.[547][548]
Bangladesh	3	September 9-11		National mourning from 9 to 11 September. Flags lowered to half-mast.[549][550][551]
Brazil				[552]
Kuwait		September 10-12		National mourning from 9 to 12 September. Flags lowered to half-mast.[553][545]
Bahrain				[545]
Oman				[545]
United Arab Emirates				Flags at the country's embassies and in the public and private sector flew at half-mast for three days, Friday, September 9. It lasted for a total of three days ending on Monday, September 12.[554][555][556][545]
Nepal				[557][558]
Solomon Islands		September 12-14		Three days of mourning starting from Monday 12 to Wednesday 14 September.[559]
Kenya		September 10-12		[560][561]
Portugal		September 18-20		18–20 September declared national day of mourning.[562]
Mozambique		September 17-19		National mourning, from September 17 to 19 September.[563]
Maldives		September 9-11		National mourning from September 9 to 11 September.[564][565]
Dominica	2	September 12-13		Dominica observed two days of national mourning on Monday, September 12 and Tuesday, September 13, flags on all public buildings in the state was flown at half-mast on the days of mourning.[566]
Trinidad and Tobago		September 9-10		[567]
Australia	1	September 22		Australia held a day of mourning as a memorial service for the late queen. Flags are at half-mast from 9 September to the morning of 20 September.[568] Public holiday was declared on 22 September.[569] Further information: Operation London Bridge § Australia
Cocos (Keeling) Islands				[570]
Christmas Island				[570]
Norfolk Island				[571]
The Bahamas		September 19		September 19, the national day of mourning.[572]
Bhutan		September 9		[573]
Cuba				Official mourning from 06:00 hours to 12:00 hours September 9.[574]
India		September 11		September 11 is declared a day of national mourning. Flags lowered to half-mast and there were no official entertainment on the day.[575][576][577]
Pakistan		September 12		Declared September 12 to be a national day of mourning.[578][579]
Jamaica		September 19		Half mast flags between September 8 and September 19 to be the national day of mourning.[580][581][582]
Guyana				September 19 a national day of mourning.[583]
Malta				National day of mourning on September 19.[584]
Mauritius				[585][586]
Seychelles		September 10		[587]
Sri Lanka		September 19		September 19 declared a day of national mourning. Flags lowered to half-mast.[588][589][590]
Zambia				September 19 declared a day of national mourning.[591]
Costa Rica	3	September 19-21	Victims of the 2022 Alajuela bus crash	[592]
Guatemala	3	September 19-21	Victims of the 2022 Quetzaltenango tragedy	[593][594]
Kyrgyzstan	1	September 19	Victims of the 2022 Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan clashes	September 19 was national day of mourning.[595][596][597]
Venezuela	3	October 10-12	Victims of landslides	[598]
Chad	7	November 25-31	Victims of the 2022 Chadian protests	Mourning from October 25 to 31 [599]
South Korea	7	October 30-November 5	Victims of the Seoul Halloween crowd crush	President Yoon Suk-yeol announced a period of national mourning that ran until November 5. State flags were lowered to half-mast. Concerts and other public events were cancelled.[600][601]
Malta	2	November 6-7	Death of former Prime Minister Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici	National mourning on November 6–7.[602]
Cyprus	6	November 8-13	Death of Chrysostomos II of Cyprus	[603]
Palestine	1	November 18	Victims of the 2022 Jabalia fire	[604]
Argentina	3	November 21-23	Death of Hebe de Bonafini	[605][606][607]
Chad	3	November 23-25	Victims of the 2022 Bouka-Toulloroum attack	[608]
China	7	November 30-December 6	Death of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin	Half mast flags and websites turned in black and white starting from November 30 to December 6, when the memorial service was held.[609][610]
Hong Kong
Macao
Cuba	1	December 1		Official mourning December 1 from 06:00 till 12:00 hours. National flag at half-mast in public buildings and military institutions.[611]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	3	December 15-17	Victims of the 2022 Kinshasa floods	[612]
Brazil	3	December 28-31	Death of footballer Pelé	[613]

2023

Turkish flags at half-mast following the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes

Country	Number of Days	Calendar days	Reason	Notes
Costa Rica	4	December 31, 2022 – January 3, 2023	Death of former Pope Benedict XVI	National mourning on December 31, 2022, to January 3, 2023. State flags at half mast on all government, local government and public buildings.[614]
Brazil	2	January 1–2		[615]
Portugal	1	January 5		National mourning on January 5, 2023. State flags at half mast.[citation needed][616]
Cuba				[617]
Senegal	3	January 8–10	Victims of the Kaffrine bus crash	[618][619][620]
Peru	1	January 11	Victims of 2022-2023 Peruvian protests	[621]
Lebanon	3	January 11–13	Death of Hussein Husseini	[622]
Nepal	1	January 16	Victims of the Yeti Airlines Flight 691 crash	All 72 people aboard the aircraft were killed[623]
South Africa	7	January 17–23	Death of Frene Ginwala	[624][625]
Gambia	7	January 19–25	Death of Vice President Badara Alieu Joof	[626]
Guatemala	3	January 24–26	Death of former president Alvaro Colom	[627]
Palestine	3	January 26–28	Victims of the 2023 Jenin incursion	[628][629][630]
Turkey	7	February 6–12	Victims of the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes	National mourning on February 6–12. State flags on all government, local government and public buildings and in all embassies were lowered to half mast. All schools and universities in the country were closed until February 20. All sporting events in Turkey were cancelled [631][632][633][634][635]
Northern Cyprus				[636]
Albania	1	February 13		National mourning on February 13.[637]
Bangladesh		February 9		National mourning on February 9.[638]
Kosovo		February 8		National mourning on February 8, 2023. State flags at half mast.[639]
North Macedonia		February 13		National mourning on February 13.[640]
Croatia	1	February 14	Death of Miroslav Blažević	[641]
Zambia	1	February 16	Death of Mwansa Beenwell Kapeya	[642]
Greece	3	March 1–3	Victims of the 2023 Thessaly train collision.	National mourning on March 1–3.[643]
Cyprus		March 3–5		[644]
Albania	1	March 5		National mourning on March 5.[645]
Haiti	3	March 5–7	Death of former prime minister Gérald Latortue	[646]
Gabon	3	March 14–16	Victims of the Esther Miracle	[647]
Malawi	14	March 17–30	Victims of Cyclone Freddy	[648]
Chile	2	March 20–21	Death of Jorge Edwards	[649]
Mozambique	2	March 27-28	Death of former prime minister Pascoal Mocumbi	[650]
Guatemala	3	March 29–31	Guatemalan victims of a fire in Mexico	[651]
Cape Verde	2	April 2–3	Death of 7 soldiers in an accident	[652][653]
Dominica	2	April 4–5	Death of flag designer Alwin Bully	[654]
India	2	April 26–27	Death of Parkash Singh Badal (former Chief Minister of Punjab)	National mourning on April 26–27.[655]
Serbia	3	May 5–7	Victims of the Belgrade school shooting and Mladenovac and Smederevo shootings	National mourning on May 5–7.[656]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	May 5		National mourning on May 5.[657][658][659]
Montenegro		May 7		National mourning on May 7[660]
São Tomé and Príncipe	1	May 6	Death of Military general João Seria	[661]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1	May 8	Victims of the 2023 African Great Lakes floods	[662]
Brazil	3	May 9–11	Death of Rita Lee	[663][664][665][666]
Guyana	3	May 22–24	Victims of the 2023 Mahdia school fire	[667]
Italy	1	May 24	Victims of the 2023 Emilia-Romagna floods	National mourning on May 24.[668]
Seychelles	1	June 9	Death of bishop French Chang-Him	[669]
Kazakhstan	1	June 12	Victims of the 2023 Kazakhstan wildfires	National day of mourning on 12 June[670]
Italy	1	June 14	Death of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi	National mourning on 14 June, day of state funeral. Half mast flags for 3 days, from 12 to 14 June[671]
Greece	3	June 14–16	Victims of the 2023 Messenia migrant boat disaster	National days of mourning on 14, 15 and 16 June.[672]
Pakistan	1	June 19		[673]
Barbados	4	June 26–29	Death of former Prime Minister Lloyd Erskine Sandiford	National mourning on June 26–28 and in the day of State funeral.[674]
Moldova	1	July 4	Victims of Chișinău International Airport shooting	July 4 to be day of mourning.[675][676][677]
Italy	1	July 10	Death of former prime minister Arnaldo Forlani	National mourning on July 10.Half-mast flags between July 8 and 10.[678]
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	July 20	Death of former governor general Tapley Seaton	[679]
Puerto Rico	1	July 20	Death of Julio E. Vizcarrondo Ramírez de Arellano	[680][681]
United Arab Emirates	3	July 27–29	Death of Saeed bin Zayed Al Nahyan	[682][683]
Ecuador	3	August 9–11	Assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio	[684][685]
Ivory Coast	10	August 9–18	Death of former president Henri Konan Bédié	[686]
Georgia	1	August 7	Victims of the 2023 Shovi landslide	[687]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	August 16	Victims of the 2023 Gradačac massacre	August 16 was the day of mourning.[688][689][690]
Dominican Republic	1	August 17	Victims of the San Cristóbal explosion	August 17 was the day of mourning.[691]
Chile	2	August 24–25	Death of Belisario Velasco	[692][693]
Chile	2	August 29–30	Death of Guillermo Teillier	[694][695][696]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	3	September 2-4	Victims of the 2023 Tifariti drone strike	[697]
Libya	3	September 13–15	Victims of Storm Daniel	[698]
Bulgaria	1	September 7		[699]
Mali	3	September 8–10	Victims of September 2023 Mali attacks	[700]
Morocco	3	September 9–11	Victims of 2023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake	[701]
Egypt	3	September 13–15	Victims of 2023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake and 2023 Libya floods	[702][703][704][705]
Comoros	1	September 14		[706]
Nepal	1	September 14	Death of Subaschandra Nemwang	[707]
Moldova	1	September 16	Death of first President of Moldova Mircea Snegur	September 16 was a day of national mourning. National flags lowered to half-mast.[708]
Colombia	3	September 16–18	Death of Fernando Botero	[709][710][711]
Argentina	2	September 22–23	Victims of an accident on San Martín de los Andes	[712][713][714]
Italy	1	September 26	Death of former president of Italy Giorgio Napolitano	September 26, the day of the funeral, was declared a day of national mourning. State flags on government, local government and public buildings are lowered to half-mast. Parliament was closed for the day, and non-essential state business was halted.[715][716]
Kosovo	1 3	September 25 September 25–27	Victims of the Banjska attack	September 25 was a day of national mourning for death of Afrim Bunjaku. National flags lowered to half-mast.[717] September 26, 27, 28 are days of mourning in Serb-majority areas. Serbian flag lowered to half-mast.[718]
Republic of Srpska (Entity of  Bosnia and Herzegovina)	1	September 27		September 27 was a day of national mourning.[719][720][721]
Serbia				September 27 was a day of national mourning.[722]
Iraq	3	September 27–29	Victims of Qaraqosh wedding fire	[723]
Moldova	1	October 2	Death of writer and poet Ion Druță	[724][725]
Ghana	7	October 2–8	Death of former First Lady of Ghana Theresa Kufuor	[726]
Niger	3	October 3–5	Victims of the Tabatol attack	[727]
Peru	1	October 5	Death of former Vice President of Peru Luis Giampietri	[728]
Syria	3	October 7	Victims of the 2023 Homs drone strike	[729][730]
Nepal	1	October 10	Nepalese victims of the Gaza war	[731][732][733]
Palestine	3	October 18–20	Victims of the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion	National flags lowered to half-mast.[734]
Arab League				[735]
Iraq				[736]
Jordan				[737]
Syria				National flags lowered to half-mast.[738]
Egypt				[739]
Turkey		October 19–21		[740]
Northern Cyprus				[741][742][743]
Mauritania		October 20–22		[744][745]
Lebanon	1	October 18		All schools and universities were closed.[746][747]
Iran				[748]
Bangladesh		October 19		Also decreed for Palestinian victims of all other incidents of the Gaza war. National flags lowered to half-mast.[749]
Zambia	1	October 25	Death of former Finance Minister Ng'andu Peter Magande	[750]
Kazakhstan	1	October 28	Victims of Kostenko mine disaster	[751]
Zambia	1	October 30	Death of former Speaker Amusaa Mwanamwambwa	[750]
Puerto Rico	1	November 3	Death of former Secretary of Treasury Ángel Martín Taboas	[752]
Israel	1	November 7	Victims of the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel	Day of mourning held on November 7, one month after the attack were held.[753]
Andorra	2	November 7–8	Death of former prime minister Antoni Martí	National mourning on November 7 and 8.[754][755]
Namibia	2	November 9–10	Death of writer of national anthem Axali Doëseb	[756][757]
Dominican Republic	3	November 20–22	Victims of the 2023 Dominican Republic floods	[758][759][760]
Suriname	2	November 22–23	Victims of the 2023 Suriname mine disaster	[761][762][763][764]
Republic of the Congo	1	November 22	Victims of the 2023 Brazzaville crowd crush	[765][766][767]
Honduras	3	December 5–7	Victims of the December 2023 Honduras bus crash	[768][769]
Liechtenstein	2	December 7-8	Death of Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein	Flags were at half mast marking one of the only 2 times mourning was declared in the country with the other declaration being in 2021 [770]
Kuwait	40	December 16, 2023 – January 25, 2024	Death of Emir Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah	Kuwait declared a 3-day holiday and a period of mourning for 40 days, starting from 16 December.[771]
Jordan	7	December 16–22		[772][773]
Saudi Arabia	3	December 16–18		Despite national mourning being declared national flags were not put at half mast due to Saudi Arabian law [774]
Egypt				All artistic activities and events across the country were suspended.[775]
Oman				Public and private workplaces were closed during this time.[776]
Qatar				National flag lowered to half-mast.[777]
UAE				National flag lowered to half-mast.[778]
Bahrain				National flag lowered to half-mast.[779]
Mauritania				[780]
Lebanon				[781]
Maldives		December 17–19		[782]
Palestine	At least 1	December 16		[783]
Bangladesh	1	December 17		National flag lowered to half-mast. Special prayers for the late Emir were held in mosques, Hartal of Opposition Party BNP and other related parties postponed.[784]
India				National flag lowered to half-mast and state entertainment programmes were cancelled.[785]
Pakistan				[786][787][788]
Cuba				[789]
Guinea	3	December 22–24	Victims of the Conakry oil depot explosion	[790]
Czech Republic	1	December 23	Victims of the 2023 Prague shooting	December 23 was a day of national mourning. State flags were lowered to half-mast throughout the country. Several other sports and cultural events were also called off.[791][792]

2024

Country	Number of Days	Calendar days	Reason	Notes
Dominican Republic	1	January 3	Death of ambassador Hans Dannenberg [es]	Hans Dannenberg was the sitting Dominican Republic ambassador to Canada. He died on December 23, 2023. The declaration of mourning was postponed due to the Christmas and New Year's festivities.[793]
Iran	1	January 4	Victims of Kerman bombings	A series of deadly bombs exploded at commemorative ceremony marking the assassination of Qasem Soleimani at his tomb in Kerman. Iran Government announced a day of national mourning on January 4.[794]
Brazil	3	January 6–8	Death of footballer Mário Zagallo	[795]
Liberia	7	January 7–13	Victims of the 2023 Totota fire	On December 26, 2023, an explosion happened in the small rural town of Totota. The explosion caused a fire and killed over 50 people. The Liberian Government announced a week of mourning after the incident [796]
Zambia	1	January 21	Death of Ronnie Shikapwasha	Mourning day initially set for January 20 [797]
Portugal	1	January 31	Death of former European Commission President Jacques Delors	[798]
Spain				[799]
Panama	1	February 2	Death of footballer Luis Tejada	[800]
Iraq	3	February 4–6	Victims of the February 2024 United States airstrikes in Iraq and Syria	[801]
Namibia	21	February 5–25	Death of President Hage Geingob	Mourning period to last from 5 to 25 February and decreed a state funeral for him at the Heroes' Acre in Windhoek on 25 February. Public and entertainment events canceled. February 25 and 26 were declared non-working days during the president's funeral, businesses, offices, schools and many shops closed on Monday.[802][803]
Mozambique	5	February 21–25		[804]
Zambia	2	February 24–25		[805]
Cuba		February 5–6		Official mourning was in effect from 6:00 a.m. on February 5 until 12:00 midnight on February 6, 2024.[806]
Maldives		February 6-7		Flags at half mast.[807]
Chile	2	February 5–6	Victims of the 2024 Chile wildfires	In February 2024, a series of wildfires broke out in Chile, affecting multiple regions including Valparaíso, O'Higgins, Maule, Biobío, and Los Lagos. The most severe incidents occurred in the Valparaíso Region as of February 5, 2024. The Chilean government labeled the fires as the country's worst disaster since the 2010 Chile earthquake and declared a two-day national mourning period.[808]
	3	February 7–9	Death of former president Sebastián Piñera in a helicopter crash	Protocol indicated that a state funeral would be held with a three-day national mourning. The national flag was flown at half-mast at public spaces and military buildings.[809]
Tanzania	5	February 10–14	Death of former Prime Minister Edward Lowassa	[810]
Jordan	3	February 19–21	Death of Khaled Al Saif [ar; ary]	[811]
Sarawak (state of  Malaysia)	2	February 22–23	Death of Abdul Taib Mahmud	[812]
Tanzania	7	March 1–7	Death of former president Ali Hassan Mwinyi	[813]
Dominican Republic	1	March 6	Death of businessman José León Asensio	[814]
Bulgaria	2	March 15–16	Death of Patriarch Neophyte	[815]
Niger	3	March 22–24	Victims of the 2024 Tillabéri attack	[816]
Russia	1	March 24	Victims of the 2024 Crocus City Hall attack	Cultural and sports events canceled. Many shopping centers were closed.[817][818][819]
Republika Srpska (Entity of  Bosnia and Herzegovina)				[820][821]
Abkhazia				[822]
South Ossetia				Entertainment events were cancelled [823]
Nicaragua				[824]
Finland	1	April 3	Victims of the 2024 Viertola school shooting	[825]
Mozambique	3	April 10–12	Sinking of the Zico	[826]
Kosovo	1	April 17	In memory of all the women and girls killed in Kosovo as a result of gender equality violence.	[827]
Kenya	3	April 19–21	Death of chief of defence forces Francis Ogolla	Died in a helicopter crash[828]
Namibia	3	April 19–21	Death of war veteran Ida Jimmy	[829]
Dominican Republic	1	April 20	Death of Franklin Almeyda [es]	Former minister of the Interior (2004–2012) and former chancellor of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (1987–1990)[830][831]
Central African Republic	3	April 22–24	Victims of the 2024 Bangui river disaster	[832]
Chile	3	April 27–29	Killing of 3 Carabineros in Biobío Region	Flags at half mast [833][834]
UAE	7	May 2–7	Death of Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan	[835]
Kenya	1	May 10	Victims of the 2024 Kenya–Tanzania floods	May 10 was declared a public holiday to mark National tree growing day and to remember Kenyans who have died from the floods. It wasn't an official decree of mourning but a public holiday for commemoration.[836]
Iran	5	May 20–24	Victims of the 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash[a]	The Government of Iran announced five days of national mourning on May 20.[837] All sports competitions were suspended and Cultural Heritage Week events were postponed.[838] Shops, schools and government offices were closed on May 21.[839] All government offices and private businesses in the country were closed on May 22 to coincide with the funerals for the crash victims.[840]
Maldives	3	May 21–23		[841]
Lebanon		May 20–22		Flags were lowered to half-mast in all government buildings, public offices and institutions, and radio and television station programming was changed and adapted to the situation.[842]
Syria				Flags were lowered to half-mast in the Syrian Arab Republic and in all embassies and diplomatic missions abroad throughout this period.[842]
Thailand		May 23–24 and 27		[843]
Cuba	2	May 21–22		Flags were lowered to half-mast on government and public buildings.[844]
Tajikistan				1st time national mourning was observed in the country since 1989 and 1st as an independent country. Flags were lowered to half-mast on government and public buildings.[845]
Bangladesh	1	May 23		The national flag was at half-mast in all government, semi-government and autonomous institutions and educational institutions, including all government and private buildings and Bangladesh missions abroad.[846][847][848]
Pakistan		May 21		Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif announced a day of national mourning on May 20. Flags were lowered to half-mast on government and public buildings.[849][850]
India				The national flag was flown at half-mast on all buildings where it is regularly flown across India and no official entertainment occurred during this time.[851]
Iraq				Flags were lowered to half-mast on government and public buildings.[852]
Turkey				Flags were lowered to half-mast on government and public buildings.[853]
Sri Lanka				Flags were lowered to half-mast on government and public buildings.[854]
Zambia	1	June 3	Death of Sketchley Sacika	[855]
Malawi	21	June 11–July 1	Victims of the 2024 Chikangawa Dornier 228 crash	Vice President Saulos Chilima and former First Lady Patricia Shanil Muluzi among the victims. Initially was only a day of mourning.[856]
Moldova	1	June 24	Death of Author Spiridon Vangheli	[857]
Niger	3	June 27–29	Victims of the June 2024 Niger attack	[858]
Portugal	1	July 2	Death of artist Manuel Cargaleiro	[859]
Albania	2	July 2–3	Death of novelist Ismail Kadare	[860]
Kosovo	1	July 3		[861]
Ukraine	1	July 9	Victims of the 8 July 2024 Russian strikes on Ukraine	[862]
Comoros	3	July 19-21	Victims of the 2024 Nice arson attack	[863]
Cuba	3	July 20–22	Death of CPV General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng	During the state mourning, flags on all government buildings, public buildings and military facilities were lowered to half-mast.[864]
Laos	2	July 25–26		Flags were lowered to half-mast and all entertainment events were suspended.[865]
Vietnam				National flag was lowered to half mast. All public entertainment events have been suspended [866]
Ethiopia	3	July 27–29	Victims of the 2024 Gofa landslides	[867]
Bangladesh	1	July 30	Victims of the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement	National flags fly at half-mast.[868] Mourning denied and boycotted by the students and general public.[869]
Iran	3	July 31–August 2	Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh	[870][871][872][873]
Yemen				[873]
Palestine	1	July 31		[874]
Turkey		August 2		[875]
Pakistan				[876][877]
Brazil	3	August 9–11	Victims of Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283	[878]
São Paulo (state of  Brazil)	7	August 17–23	Death of media mogul Silvio Santos	[879]
Brazil	3	August 17–19		[880]
Zambia	1	August 19	Death of former First Lady Maureen Mwanawasa	[881]
Paraguay	3	August 20–22	Killing of deputy Lalo Gomes	[882]
Lebanon	3	August 25–27	Death of former prime minister Salim al-Huss	[883]
Portugal	1	August 31	Victims of the 2024 Portugal helicopter crash	[884]
Philippines	1	September 4	Death of Federico Caballero	[885]
Kenya	3	September 9–11	Victims of the 2024 Nyeri school fire	[886][887]
El Salvador	3	September 9–11	Victims of the 2024 Pasaquina Bell UH-1 crash	[888]
Libya	1	September 11	1 year anniversary of Storm Daniel	[889]
Peru	3	September 12–14	Death of the former president Alberto Fujimori	[890]
Portugal	1	September 20	Victims of the 2024 Portugal wildfires	[891]
Haiti	3	September 23–25	Victims of the 2024 Miragoane explosion	[892]
Zambia	1	September 26	Death of former Defence Minister George Mpombo [de]	[893]
Iran	5	September 28–October 2	Victims of the 2024 Hezbollah headquarters strike	[894]
Lebanon	3	September 30-October 2		Flags were lowered to half mast. Public offices were closed on the day of Nasrallah's funeral.[895][896]
Iraq		September 29-October 1		[897][898][896]
Syria				Flags were at half-mast. Last time national mourning was declared in the country by the Assad regime before its fall in December.[896]
Yemen				National flags at half mast.[896]
Dominican Republic	3	September 30-October 2	Death of Ozzie Virgil Sr.	[899]
Nepal	3	October 1–3	Victims of the 2024 Nepal floods	[900][901][902]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	October 8	Victims of the 2024 Bosnia and Herzegovina floods	[903]
Israel	1	October 27	Victims of the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel	[904]
Chad	3	October 29–31	Victims of the 2024 Barkaram attack	[905]
Grenada	6	October 30-November 4	Death of governor general Daniel Williams	[906]
Spain	3	October 31-November 2	Victims of the 2024 Spanish floods	National flags were lowered to half mast. Many sporting and entertainment events were cancelled.[907]
Serbia	1	November 2	Victims of Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse	Three days of mourning from second to fourth November observed in Vojvodina.[908][909]
Republic of Srpska (Entity of  Bosnia and Herzegovina)				[910]
Montenegro		November 3		[911][912]
Philippines	1	November 4	Victims of Tropical Storm Trami	[913]
Nigeria	7	November 5–11	Death of army chef Taoreed Lagbaja	Flags flew at half mast[914]
Zambia	1	November 11	Death of John Phiri	[915][better source needed]
Chile	1	November 13	Death of Carolina Valdivia	[916]
Tuvalu	1	November 14	Death of former prime minister Maatia Toafa	[citation needed]
Mozambique	3	November 20–22	Victims of the 2024–2025 Mozambican protests	Only opposition leader declared mourning [917]
Somaliland	2	November 17-18	Death of former president Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud	[918]
Puerto Rico	2	November 20–21	Death of Manuel J. Fernós	[919]
Chile	1	November 22	Death of deputy Mercedes Bulnes	[920]
Guinea	3	December 3–5	Victims of the 2024 Nzérékoré stampede	[921]
Comoros	7	December 16–22	Victims of Cyclone Chido	Many Comoran migrants were believed to have been killed in Mayotte [922][923][924]
Mozambique	2	December 20–21		[925][926][927]
France	1	December 23		National flag lowered to half-mast.[928][929][930]
Croatia	1	December 21	Victims of Zagreb school stabbing	[931]
Montenegro		December 23		[932]
Bangladesh	1	December 23	Death of civil aviation and tourism advisor A. F. Hassan Ariff	National flag lowered to half-mast. Special prayers arranged.[933]
Rio Grande do Sul (state of  Brazil)	3	December 25–27	Death of former governor Alceu Collares	[934]
Azerbaijan	1	December 26	Victims of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243	[935]
India	7	December 26, 2024 – January 1, 2025	Death of former prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh	All government programs scheduled for December 27 were canceled. The national flag on all public buildings has been lowered. All entertainment and cultural events have been suspended.[936][937][938]
Bhutan	1	December 27		[939]
Mauritius		December 28		Half-mast flags.[940]
South Korea	7	December 29, 2024 – January 5, 2025	Victims of Jeju Air Flight 2216	Flags flue at half mast through the new year and many celebrations were cancelled [941][942]
Syria	1	December 29	Victims of the Syrian civil war	First time national mourning was declared in the country after the fall of the Assad regime[943]

2025

Country	Number of Days	Calendar days	Reason	Notes
Montenegro	3	January 2–4	Victims of the 2025 Velestovo shootings	Flags were flown at half-mast. Concerts and public celebrations were cancelled.[944]
Republic of Srpska (Entity of  Bosnia and Herzegovina)	1	January 3		Flags were flown at half-mast.[945]
Serbia		January 5		Flags were flown at half-mast.[946]
Ecuador	3	January 3–5	Murder of 4 Minors	National flags were at half mast.[947]
Abkhazia	1	January 6	Victims of the 2025 Saberio fire	[948]
Georgia		January 9		[949]
Greece	4	January 6–9	Death of former prime minister Costas Simitis	[950]
Dominican Republic	1	January 8	Death of Ángel Bissié Romero	[951]
United States	1	January 9	Death of former president Jimmy Carter	U.S. flag to be flown at half staff for 30 days. Federal agencies and departments to be closed.[952][953]
Estonia	1	January 11	Death of former president Arnold Rüütel	First time national mourning was observed in the country since 2013[954]
Cuba	1	January 20	Victims of the 2025 Melones explosion	Victims were all Cuban troops[955]
Serbia	1	January 22	Victims of the 2025 Barajevo nursing home fire	[956]
Turkey	1	January 22	Victims of the 2025 Kartalkaya hotel fire	State flags on all government, local government and public buildings and in all embassies were lowered to half mast.[957]
Northern Cyprus				[958]
Monaco	1	January 23	Death of minister of state Didier Guillaume	First time mourning was declared in the country since 2011[959]
Slovenia	1	January 24	Victims of the 2025 Velenje mining accident	First declaration of mourning in the country since 2008[960]
Mongolia	1	January 24	Death of former president Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat	First declaration of mourning in the country since 2007 [961]
Albania	5	January 25–29	Death of Anastasios of Albania	Mourning only observed by the church [962]
Philippines	3	January 26–28	Death of actress Gloria Romero	Only Manila declared a period of mourning[963]
Papua New Guinea	7	January 31–February 6	Death of former prime minister Julius Chan	Many celebrations were cancelled [964]
Brazil ( Minas Gerais)	3	February 3–5	Death of former governor Newton Cardoso	Only observed in the state of Minas Gerais.[965]
Malta	1	February 8	Death of Mgr Victor Grech	[966]
Pakistan	1	February 8	Death of Islamic figure Aga Khan IV	Flags were ordered to be at half mast[967]
South Africa	7	February 8–14	South African victims of the 2025 Goma offensive	[968]
Namibia	21	February 9–March 1	Death of first President of Namibia Sam Nujoma	Flags have been lowered to half-mast as the country. Entertainment events canceled. Suspended sporting events[969][970][971][972]
Cuba	3	February 10–12		Official mourning on February 10–11 and national mourning on February 12.[973]
Mozambique		February 12–14		[974]
Guatemala	3	February 11–13	Victims of the 2025 Guatemala City bus crash	[975]
Argentina	2	February 20-21	Murder of the Bibas brothers	[976][977]
Moldova	1	February 28	Death of author and politician Vladimir Beşleagă	Flags flue at half mast and no mass entertainment events were held [978]
Argentina	3	March 11–13	Victims of the 2025 Bahía Blanca floods	[979]
North Macedonia	7	March 17–23	Victims of the Kočani nightclub fire	All flags were at half mast. Public events were cancelled in memory of the victims. Almost all radio stations switched to classical music or calm instrumental songs[980][981]
Montenegro	1	March 17		Cancellation of public events, closure of leisure centers and certain tourist attractions (like museums but others like natural attractions or open landmarks remain open) is compulsory. Radio stations and public places are semi-required to switch to classical, calm instrumental music, or no music at all, but as this rule isn't generally enforced most radio stations played their regular playlists[982]
Serbia		March 18		Cancellation of public and entertainment events as well as closing of many tourist attractions (like museums as these are considered entertainment venues, but tourist attractions like natural tourist attractions or open historical monuments like non-museums areas within the Belgrade Fortress remain open) is mandatory on national days of mourning regardless if the mourning periods brings serious or very little grief to the general population. Also regardless of the levels of grief is that radio stations and public places (like stores) on days of mourning are semi-required to play classical, calm instrumental music or no music at all. As this rule isn't generally enforced, several radio stations played the regular playlist.[983]
Bosnia and Herzegovina				Day of mourning declared in both entities. Public events cancelled while sporting events limited. Cancellation of public and entertainment events as well as closing of many tourist attractions (like museums as these are considered entertainment venues, but tourist attractions like natural tourist attractions or open historical monuments like Mostar Bridge remain open) is mandatory on national days of mourning regardless if the mourning periods bring serious or very little grief to the general population. Also regardless of the levels of grief is that radio stations and public places (like stores) on days of mourning are semi-required to play classical, calm instrumental music or no music at all. As this rule isn't generally enforced a large amount of radio stations did play their regular playlists. In Replublika Srpska many switched to classical music, calm instrumental music, or ballads (many also stuck with the regular playlists) while in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina most radio stations stuck with the regular playlists but many changed their playlists just like in Replublika Srpska and certain neighbouring countries.[984][985]
Bulgaria				Flags flue at half mast. Unlike in the neighbouring countries that declared days of mourning there was no change in radio stations playlists [986]
Malta	1	March 22	Death of Archbishop of Malta Paul Cremona	[987]
Niger	3	March 23–25	Victims of the 2025 Fambita mosque attack	[988]
Chile	1	March 27	Death of singer Tommy Rey [es]	[989]
Puerto Rico	1	March 28	Death of Cirilo Tirado Delgado	[990]
Myanmar	7	March 31–April 6	Victims of the 2025 Myanmar earthquake	Flags lowered to half-mast. First time national mourning was observed in the country since 2008 [991]
Laos	5	April 3–7	Death of former president Khamtai Siphandone	All parties and sporting activities were prohibited [992]
Vietnam	2	April 4–5		Public entertainment and celebratory events were suspended.[993]
Cuba		April 5–6		Flags were put at half mast.[994]
Lithuania	1	April 5	Killing of four American troops operating in the country	[995]
Ukraine	1	April 6	Victims of the April 4 Russian attacks on Kryvyi Rih	Flags were set at half mast. Three days of mourning was observed in Kryvyi Rih.[996]
Dominican Republic	6	April 8–13	Victims of the Jet Set nightclub roof collapse	Initially a three-day period was declared but was later extended to six days.[997]
Zambia	1	April 11	Death of former Minister of Finance Edith Nawakwi	All activities of entertainment nature on both radio and television were suspended, while flags flue at half-mast.[998]
Peru	1	April 14	Death of Nobel Prize laureate Mario Vargas Llosa	[999]
Ukraine	1	April 14	Victims of the 2025 Sumy airstrike	[1000]
Micronesia	4	April 14–17	Death of Francisco L. Loanis	First time mourning was declared in the country since 2009 [1001]
Philippines	1	April 22–26	Death of singer and actress Nora Aunor	Declared on the exact day of funeral.[1002][1003]
	4		Death of Pope Francis	Already on half-mast due to Aunor's funeral, flags remained at half-mast in the country until Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday, April 26.[1004]
Holy See	9	April 26–May 4		[1005][1006]
Argentina	7	April 21–27		National flags on all government and public buildings were lowered to half-mast. Initially 3 days of mourning. Argentina's football association postponed all fixtures on Monday. Many cultural events and theater performances have been canceled. Classes were canceled in all Catholic schools.[1007][1008][1009][1010][1011][1012]
Brazil				National flags at half mast. The Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio De Janeiro was lit up in memory of the pope.[1013]
East Timor		April 22–28		[1014]
Puerto Rico	6	April 21–26		Initially 3 days of mourning [1015][1016]
Paraguay	5	April 22–26		[1017]
Italy				Flags at half mast. All Serie A and Primavera matches scheduled to take place on Easter Monday have been officially postponed for a period of mourning following the death of Pope Francis. All public events scheduled for April 21 and 22 in Rome have been canceled following the death of Pope Francis. All sporting events on the day of the Pope's funeral have been canceled. Schools closed on Saturday in Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis.[1018][1019][1020][1021][1022][1023]
São Tomé and Príncipe				Flags at half mast. Suspension of all public holiday and recreational events, effective Tuesday, April 22, 2025.[1024]
Costa Rica	4	April 21–24		Flags were at half mast.[1025]
Seychelles		April 22–24 and 26		Flags at half-mast.[1026]
Spain	3	April 22–24		National flags on all government and public buildings were lowered to half-mast. Sporting and other events preceded by a minute of silence.[1027][1028]
Lebanon				Flags will be flown at half-mast on all government buildings, public institutions, and municipalities, Radio and television stations have been asked to adjust their programming to reflect the solemn occasion.[1029]
Palestine				National flags on government and public buildings are lowered to half-mast.[1030][1031]
Chile				Flags at half mast [1032]
Cuba				National flags lowered to half-mast on all government, public and local government buildings.[1033]
Dominican Republic				[1034]
Peru				National flags on government and public buildings are lowered to half-mast.[1035]
Panama				[1036]
Guatemala				[1037]
Venezuela				National flags lowered to half-mast on all government, public and local government buildings. Festivities and public celebrations will be suspended.[1038]
Ecuador				[1039]
Jordan				[1040]
India		April 22–23 and 26		National flag in India was flown at half-mast on all government, municipal and public buildings where the national flag is regularly flown, and entertainment was suspended. Catholic schools were closed on the day of the funeral.[1041]
Equatorial Guinea		April 23–25		[1042]
Thailand				Flags at half mast.[1043]
Portugal		April 24–26		Flags at half mast.[1044][1045][1046]
Monaco				Flags on all public buildings were flown at half-mast from Monday, April 21, until Saturday, April 26, the day of the Pope's funeral. Buildings were not illuminated for three days of mourning. Minute of silence, at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 25, sirens sounded in the Principality, calling on all residents and tourists to honor the deceased Pope with a minute of silence.[1047]
Belize				[1048]
Mozambique				[1049]
Bangladesh				National flag is flown at half-mast in all government, semi-government, autonomous and educational institutions and in all government and private buildings throughout the country and in Bangladesh's diplomatic missions abroad.[1050]
Malta	2	April 22 and 26		National flags were lowered to half-mast on all government and public buildings. All official events by the Government of Malta were cancelled or postponed. All football matches of Malta's Premier League postponed.[1051]
Cape Verde		April 23-24		Flags at half mast.[1052]
South Sudan	1	April 25		The national government of South Sudan declared Friday, 25 April 2025, as a National Public Holiday to mourn his holiness Pope Francis who died on Easter Monday.[1053][1054]
Uruguay		April 26		National flags were lowered to half-mast on all government and public buildings.[1055]
Hungary				National flags were lowered to half-mast on all government and public buildings. Television and radio stations canceled entertainment programs on the day of the pope's funeral.[1056]
Poland				National flags were lowered to half-mast on all government and public buildings. Some television and radio stations adapted more serious or slightly more serious entertainment programs on the day of the pope's funeral (by some radio stations playing a mix of mid tempo songs and ballads, or some radio stations playing just ballads. TV channels often showed more serious/slightly more serious movies or shows) while many TV channels and radio stations also stuck with their totally regular programing. Some events were canceled and most other sports and cultural events were preceded by a minute of silence.[1057]
Romania				Flags at half mast. At the same time, radio and television stations and cultural organizations adapted their programs to the day of national mourning, preceding it with a minute of silence or restrictions on entertainment programs.[1058]
Croatia				Flags at half mast. On the Day of Mourning, entertainment events are suspended from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Due radio and entertainment content rules, most radio stations played only ballads or mix of mid-tempo songs with ballads while a large minority kept playing totally regular playlists.[1059]
Bosnia and Herzegovina				Flags at half mast. Cancellation of public and entertainment events as well as closing of many tourist attractions (like museums as these are considered entertainment venues, but tourist attractions like natural tourist attractions or open historical monuments like Mostar Bridge remain open) is mandatory on national days of mourning regardless if the mourning periods bring serious or very little grief to the general population. Also regardless of the levels of grief is that radio stations and public places (like stores) on days of mourning are semi-required to play classical, calm instrumental music or no music at all. As this rule isn't generally enforced a large minority of radio stations did play their regular playlists.[1060]
Lithuania				Flags at half mast.[1061]
Slovakia				Flags at half mast. Gambling has been prohibited in the Slovak Republic on the national day of mourning.[1062][1063]
Slovenia				Flags at half mast. Sporting and other events preceded by a minute of silence.[1064]
Sri Lanka				Flags at half mast.[1065]
Albania				Flags at half mast. All public and private radio and television stations have restricted entertainment programs and broadcast programs commemorating the Pope.[1066]
Zambia				National flags at half mast.[1067]
Central African Republic				National flags at half mast.[1068]
Iran	1	April 28	Victims of the Port of Shahid Rajaee explosion	[1069]
Tanzania	7	May 7–13	Death of former prime minister Cleopa Msuya	[1070]
Suriname	2	May 10–11	Death of former president Jules Wijdenbosch	Flags were at half mast and the launch of the Royalty for Everyone programme was postponed for the 14th.[1071]
Ecuador	3	May 10–12	11 Soldiers killed in an ambush	[1072]
Zambia	1	May 13	Death of Rodger Chongwe	[1073]
Uruguay	3	May 14–16	Death of former president José Mujica	Flags were at half mast with the state funeral happening from May 14-15 in Montevideo before he was cremated and interred at his farmhouse on the cities outskirts.[1074][1075]
Brazil		May 15–17		[1076]
Cuba	1	May 16		[1077]
Ecuador	2	May 22–23	Death of former president Alfredo Palacio	[1078]
Vietnam	2	May 24–25	Death of former president Trần Đức Lương	Public entertainment and celebratory events were suspended.[1079]
Cuba				During the period of official mourning, Cuba's national flags were lowered to half-mast in government buildings, public buildings and military installations throughout the country.[1080]
Micronesia	4	May 29-June 1	Death of governor of Yap State Charles Chieng	[1081]
Suriname	1	June 4	Victims of the 2025 Albina boat disaster	[1082] [1083]
Moldova	1	June 5	Death of composer Eugen Doga	Day of mourning on day of funeral.[1084][1085]
Zambia	16 12	June 8-23 June 8-19	Death of former president Edgar Lungu	Initially 7 days of mourning but was extended by 9 days after the president was not buried during the initial mourning period. Flags at half mast and all entertainment events suspended.[1086][1087] On 19 June 2025, President Hakainde Hichilema formally ended the national mourning period, citing the ongoing impasse over the repatriation of Edgar Lungu’s remains. In his address, he noted that despite reaching an agreement on 15 June, the family’s abrupt refusal to proceed on 18 June necessitated the conclusion of the official mourning to allow the nation to return to normalcy.[1088]
Mozambique	3	June 13-15		[1089][1090]
Austria	3	June 11-13	Victims of the 2025 Graz school shooting	Flags at half-mast on government and public buildings. On Wednesday, June 11, at 10:00 a.m., a minute of silence, and church bells were tolled across the country in memory of the shooting victims. Public transport stopped for a minute of silence. State Television and radio stations also paused their programmes for a minute of silence. All concerts, theatre performances and opera are cancelled in Graz. In all of Austria, some events have also been cancelled, while other public and sports performances and events will begin with a minute of silence.[1091][1092][1093]
South Africa	1	June 19	Victims of the 2025 South Africa floods	[1094][1095]
Syria	3	June 23-25	Victims of the Mar Elias Church attack	Flags at half mast.[1096]
Liberia	4	June 24-27	Funeral of former president Samuel Doe	Died in 1990. Flags at half mast.[1097]
Central African Republic	3	June 27-29	Victims of the 2025 Bangui school stampede	A nearby explosion at an electricity transformer caused a stampede at a high school in Bangui where around 6000 students from five different schools where taking the baccalaureate exam. 29 were killed and another 280 were injured.[1098][1099]
Iran	1	June 28	Victims of the Iran–Israel war	[1100]
South Africa	6	July 7-12	Death of former deputy president David Mabuza	Flags at half mast.[1101]
Nigeria	7	July 13-19	Death of former president Muhammadu Buhari	Flags at half mast and national events have been postponed.[1102]
Dominican Republic	1	July 16	Death of Fello Suberví	Flags at half mast at all military enclosures and public buildings.[1103]
Iraq	3	July 17-19	Victims of the 2025 Kut shopping mall fire	[1104]
Dominica	1	July 19	Death of Thomas P Etienne	All state flags on public buildings will be flown at half mast.[1105]
Brazil ( Rio de Janeiro)	3	July 21-23	Death of singer Preta Gil	Only observed in Rio de Janeiro.[1106]
Bangladesh	1	July 22	Victims of the 2025 Dhaka fighter jet crash	A day mourning was declared nationwide by the government of Bangladesh.[1107]
India ( Kerala)	3	July 22-24	Death of former governor V. S. Achuthanandan	Only observed in the one state not the whole country.[1108]
Montenegro	1	July 28	Victims of various tragedies throughout the country	[1109]
Maldives	3	July 29-31	Death of Ambassador and former Minister of tourism Hassan Sobir	Flags at half mast.[1110]
Ukraine	1	August 1	Victims of the 2025 Russian attacks on Kyiv	[1111]
Zambia	1	August 5	Death of Ackson Sejani	All flags are at half-mast on government and public buildings. All entertainment activities on television and radio have been restricted.[1112]
Chile	3	August 3-5	Victims of a mine collapse in El Teniente	Flags at half mast.[1113]
Romania	1	August 7	Death of former president Ion Iliescu	Day of state funeral is the day of national mourning. Flags at half mast. Radio and TV broadcast will adapt their programs to the solemnity during the day of the funeral.[1114]
Ghana	3	August 7-9	Victims of the 2025 Ghanaian Air Force Z-9 helicopter crash	Defence minister Edward Omane Boamah was among the victims. Flags are at half mast and all activities suspended.[1115][1116]
Myanmar	5	August 7-11	Death of former acting President Myint Swe	Initially 3 days of mourning. Flags at half mast.[1117][1118]
Colombia	1	August 12	Assassination of senator Miguel Uribe Turbay	Flags at half mast.[1119]
Cape Verde	2	August 12-13	Victims of Tropical Storm Erin	[1120]
Montenegro	1	August 14	Death of junior sergeant Dejan Božović	Died while trying to extinguish wildfires.[1121]
Liberia	16	August 15-30	Death of Minister of State for Presidential affairs Sylvester Grigsby	Flags at half mast.[1122]
Algeria	1	August 16	Victims of the 2025 Algiers bus crash	Flags at half mast on August 15-16.[1123]
Marshall Islands	7	August 28-September 3	Death of former president Christopher Loeak	Flags at half mast.[1124]
Albania	1	September 2	Death of Dhimitër Anagnosti	[1125]
Portugal	1 (national); 3 (City of Lisbon)	September 4 (national); September 4-6 (City of Lisbon)	Victims of the Ascensor da Glória derailment	The incident caused 15 deaths and 18 injuries, as of September 3. The government decreed in-advance a one-day national mourning due to the crash. The flags should be flown at half mast. The Mayor of Lisbon decreed an additional 2 days of local mourning (3 in total). [1126]

See also

• List of national days of mourning (before 2000)
• List of national days of mourning (2000–2019)
• National day of mourning
• 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 Arab League level