Bangladesh waves largest human flag

Published December 17, 2013
Members of Bangladesh Army wait to participate in the formation of the national flag during Victory Day celebrations in Dhaka. – Photo by AP
Members of Bangladesh Army wait to participate in the formation of the national flag during Victory Day celebrations in Dhaka. – Photo by AP

Bangladeshi participants form the world’s largest human national flag to mark the country's Victory Day in Dhaka on December 16, 2013. A total of 27,117 volunteers, mostly students, used coloured tiles to form the flag at Dhaka's National Parade Ground. Bangladesh won independence from Pakistan after a bitter nine-month war in 1971 led by the country's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, which is celebrated every year on December 16.

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