List of flags by design
This is a list of flags, arranged by design, serving as a navigational aid for identifying a given flag. Uncharged flags are flags that either are solid or contain only rectangles, squares and crosses but no crescents, circles, stars, triangles, maps, flags, coats of arms or other objects or symbols. Charged flags are flags that contain crescents, circles, stars, triangles, maps, flags, coats of arms and other objects or symbols, as well as rectangles, squares and crosses. Some charged flags contain letters or other pieces of text on them. Uncharged flags include the flags of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand and Ukraine. Charged flags include the flags of Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.[citation needed]
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Charged
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Olympic Flag
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Flag of the People's Republic of China
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Flag of Japan
(white flag, charged with a centered red circular disc representing the sun, embodying the name Land of the Rising Sun) -
Flag of New Mexico
(yellow flag, charged with a centered red Zia Pueblo sun symbol, colors of the Flag of Spain representing Hispano Nuevo México) -
Flag of Rapa Nui
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Flag of Bangladesh
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Flag of Qatar (serrated vertical bicolour)
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Flag of Iran (charged horizontal tricolour triband)
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Flag of Botswana (horizontal stripes)
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Flag of Western Sahara (crescent facing single star)
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