Many people waving the blue-and-white flags of Argentine, the homeland of the world's first Latin American pope.
Rome (CNN) -- Thousands of Catholics waving flags from around the world packed St.
"People are not objecting to dignified commemoration of historic events or indeed the respectful display of flags and emblems, but many people and those include people with relatives that were volunteers in the 36th Ulster Division during World War One, perceive the erection of flags without consultation and in some cases with masked identity to be intimidating and bad for community relations, " he added.
When England won the World Cup on home soil in 1966 most of the flags being waved in the crowd were Union flags rather than St George's crosses - a tradition which remained in place by the time England made the semi-finals in Italy in 1990.
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Flags of convenience now account for more than half the world's merchant tonnage, and they show no signs of slowing.
"Today we have demonstrated -- comrades, compatriots -- that our democracy is one of the best in the world, " Chavez told thousands of supporters who cheered and waved flags.
In the world of nation branding, flags become logos, national anthems advertising jingles.
The Avenue in the Rain by Childe Hassam, 1917, depicts Fifth Avenue in New York City adorned with flags and banners in support of the Allied war effort during World War I.
When it came to raising the profile of sport, bringing countries together, world firsts to be witnessed, skeptics silenced and the sale of flags to reach an all time high, the London 2012 games delivered all of this and more.
At one of Gore's main rivals, Associated Air Center in Dallas, the company keeps track of its sales with little flags stuck into a wall-size world map outside its sales office.
Several municipal workers in full Nazi uniform, one of them with an Adolf Hitler moustache, drove a jeep flying swastika flags through a central boulevard as a tasteless reminder of the German occupation of Athens in the second world war.
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