List of flags by design
This is a list of flags, arranged by design, serving as a navigational aid for identifying a given flag.[citation needed] Uncharged flags are flags that contain only rectangles and crosses but no crescents, circles, stars, triangles or other objects. Charged flags are flags that contain crescents, circles, stars, triangles and other objects. 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, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.[citation needed]
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Flag of Japan
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Flag of New Mexico
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Flag of Bangladesh
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Flag of Iran (charged horizontal tricolour triband)
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Flag of Western Sahara (crescent facing single star)
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