The flags at the U.N.
June 14th, 2011
U.N. Flags
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It takes nearly 30 minutes each morning and afternoon to raise and lower the 192 flags representing the United Nations’ members. This week, the guards performed their duties as nearly 3,000 delegates streamed in and out of the complex on First Avenue between East 42nd and East 46th streets in New York City for the 2011 High-Level Meeting on AIDS. The flag ceremonies served as a visual reminder for tourists, joggers and dog walkers of the collective strength the institution represents.
*Shot during a week I spent at the United Nations for the 2011 UNITY Global Reporting Fellowship. Thanks to Miami Herald Photographer Carl Juste for coaching me through it.
