The family of a two-year-old boy are in mourning after he died in a freak accident in Mayobridge near Newry, County Down, on Saturday.

BBC: County Down toddler dies in blind cord accident

The last time it happened was in 2007, when markets closed for New Year's Day on Monday and then on Tuesday for a day of mourning for the death of former President Gerald Ford.

WSJ: Behind Decision to Close Markets

Meanwhile, Ivory Coast is beginning three days of national mourning for at least 60 people crushed to death after they left a New Year's Eve fireworks display in the West African country's biggest city, Abidjan.

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