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A U.S. flag flying at half-staff. The gesture is done out of respect for the dead and four states have orders for half-mast flags at official buildings this weekend.

Half-mast means the flag is flown two-thirds up between the top and bottom of the flagstaff. Half-staff is the term used for flags on land, particularly in the United States.