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The United Nations' flag is lowered to half-mast at the UN Bangkok office which hosts 21 UN agencies to commemorate its staff who have been killed and wounded in strikes in Gaza. UNRWA announced on Friday that more than 100 of its employees had died in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war. Israel has been bombing targets across the Gaza Strip since Hamas fighters carried out an unprecedented deadly attack on southern Israeli communities on October 7. IMAGES
French MPs and members of the government observe a minute's silence in the National Assembly in tribute to the three police officers killed in the North of France, as well as to the nurse who died after a knife attack at the University Hospital in Reims. IMAGES
The staff of the Reims University Hospital observed a minute's silence in tribute to Carene Mezino, the nurse killed the previous day by a man suffering from psychiatric disorders. IMAGES
In the last official hommage to Queen Elizabeth II before her funeral on Monday, Britain observes a minute of silence in her memory. Citizens are encouraged to mark the the moment on their doorsteps or at community events and vigils. IMAGES
France's National Assembly observes a minute's silence in tribute to Master Corporal Maxime Blasco, killed in action in Mali on Friday. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).