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World’s biggest human flag
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More than 27,000 people gathered in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, on December 16, in an attempt to break the record for the world's largest "human flag."
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Students and army officials hold green and red placards to create the Bangladeshi flag, which was adopted in 1972 after Bangladesh gained independence.
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17-year-old student, Akhika Akhtar, participates in the record-breaking attempt with her classmates.
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Spectators watch from the sidelines as students and army officials form a giant flag with placards at the National Parade Ground in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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December 16 is Victory Day, which commemorates the day Bangladesh officially gained independence from Pakistan in 1971.
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At least one million people died during the nine-month war that led to Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan in 1971.
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On December 16, the Bangladesh flag broke the previous record set by Pakistan last year, when 24,000 people with white and green boxes gathered in a hockey stadium in the city of Lahore.
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The red of the Bangladesh flag symbolizes "the rising sun of a new country".
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To set a new record, the crowd had to maintain the flag by standing for at least five minutes.
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An accounting firm monitored the attempt, scanning bar codes to record the number of volunteers. There were 27,117 in all.