Black ribbon#Sign of mourning

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Similar to a black armband, the black ribbon is a public display of grief. Individuals or organizations display the ribbon in commemoration of victims after specific incidents.

Some examples include:

• Black ribbons were worn and placed on doors after the May 1992 Westray Mine Disaster in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.{{cite book|last1=Hoegg Ryan|first1=Judith |title=Coal In Our Blood: 200 Years of Coal Mining in Nova Scotia's Pictou County|date=1992|publisher=Formac|location=Halifax|isbn=9780887802157|page=142}}
• The ribbon was worn in the United Kingdom after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997.{{Cite journal |last1=Biddle |first1=Lucy |last2=Walter |first2=Tony |date=1998 |title=The Emotional English and Their Queen of Hearts |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1260575 |journal=Folklore |volume=109 |pages=96–99 |doi=10.1080/0015587X.1998.9715965 |jstor=1260575 |issn=0015-587X}}
• Students distributed black ribbons after the April 2007 Virginia Tech shooting at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.LaMar, Sondra (April 18, 2007). "[http://www.uafortsmith.edu/News/Index?skin=&storyid=1733 Sigma Nu Distributes Black Ribbons on UA Fort Smith Campus] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204015711/http://www.uafortsmith.edu/News/Index?skin=&storyid=1733 |date=2010-12-04 }}". University of Arkansas – Fort Smith. Retrieved March 18, 2008.
• The black ribbon has been used by the journalists in the Philippines to condemn the killings of journalists on the Maguindanao massacre.{{Cite web|title=Philippines Top Stories: Politics, Environment, Education, Trending | Inquirer.net|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/|access-date=2021-11-23|website=newsinfo.inquirer.net|language=en}}
• The 2013 London Marathon runners were given a black ribbon to wear to mark the Boston Marathon bombing.{{cite web|author=Gavin Brown |url=http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/16/london-marathon-gets-green-light-after-security-review-following-boston-blasts-3618168/ |title=London Marathon runners to wear black ribbons following Boston blasts |work=Metro |date=April 16, 2013 |accessdate=2014-01-29}}
• A black ribbon was projected onto the Sydney Opera House in April 2024 as a tribute to the victims of the 2024 Bondi Junction stabbings in Sydney, Australia.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/sydney-stabbing-attack-opera-house-b2528834.html |title=Sydney Opera House illuminated with black ribbon for shopping centre stabbing victims |date=2024-04-15 |language=en |access-date=2024-04-18 |via=www.independent.co.uk}}

The search engine Google, which often changes the company's logo to a Google Doodle commemorating timely events, has used the black ribbon to mark a number of incidents. These include the Charlie Hebdo shooting,{{Cite web |last=Metro.co.uk |first=Deborah Arthurs for |date=2015-01-09 |title=Google's black ribbon pays respects to Charlie Hebdo victims |url=http://metro.co.uk/2015/01/09/google-pay-respects-to-charlie-hebdo-victims-with-black-ribbon-on-homepage-5015400/ |access-date=2015-01-09 |website=Metro}}{{Cite news |date=2015-01-09 |title=Google pays tribute to Charlie Hebdo attack victims with black ribbon |language=en-GB |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/google-pays-tribute-to-charlie-hebdo-attack-victims-with-black-ribbon-on-homepage-9966794.html |access-date=2015-01-09}} the charter flight crash in Colombia in November 2016,{{Cite news |date=2016-11-29 |title=Google de luto faz homenagem às vítimas do acidente com a Chape |language=pt-BR |work=Optclean |url=https://optclean.com.br/google-de-luto-homenagem-chapecoense/ |access-date=2017-03-29}} the 2017 Portugal wildfires,{{cite web |title=Google pays tribute to victims of the 2017 Portuguese Wildfires |date=19 June 2017 |url=https://www.publico.pt/2017/06/19/sociedade/noticia/google-homenageia-vitimas-em-portugal-1776133}} Retrieved 2017-06-20. {{in lang|pt}} and the death of Queen Elizabeth II.{{Cite news |date=2022-09-09 |title=Google pays emotional tribute to Queen with all-black logo and ribbon |language=en-GB |work=Daily Express |url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1667015/google-doodle-tribute-queen-elizabeth-ii-death-black-ribbon |access-date=2022-09-09}} April 9, 2017, Google Arabic displayed a black ribbon as a mark of respect and sympathy for victims of 2017 Palm Sunday church bombings in Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt.{{cite web |title=جوجل يتضامن مع شهداء الكنيسة البطرسية |url=http://www.nogoumfm.net/news/2016/12/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%84-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9/ |access-date=2017-04-11 |archive-date=2017-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524103312/http://www.nogoumfm.net/news/2016/12/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%84-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9/ |url-status=dead }} Retrieved 2017-04-9. {{in lang|ar}}{{cite web |title="يوتيوب" يتضامن مع ضحايا انفجار الكنيسة البطرسية بشارة سوداء |date=12 December 2016 |url=http://www.youm7.com/story/2016/12/12/يوتيوب-يتضامن-مع-ضحايا-انفجار-الكنيسة-البطرسية-بشارة-سوداء/3006298}} Retrieved 2017-04-9. {{in lang|ar}}

To show sympathy for victims of the 2023 earthquake in Turkey and Syria, Turkish Wikipedia and Apple's website homepage in Turkey changed to show a glowing black ribbon atop a dark background.{{Cite web |title=Apple (Türkiye) |url=https://www.apple.com/tr/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Apple (Türkiye) |language=tr-TR}}

• Melanoma awareness. Sometimes shown as black with white polka dots.
• In Argentina, a black ribbon, sometimes with the national flag's colours in both ends, is used to raise awareness about the victims of subversive terrorism.
• By the Anarchist Black Ribbon Campaign, a free speech campaign started in 1996 inspired by the Blue Ribbon Online Free Speech Campaign.{{Cite web|date=2005-03-04|title=BARC Graphics|url=http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/4271/graphics2.html|access-date=2021-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050304013205/http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/4271/graphics2.html|archive-date=2005-03-04}}
• During the 6th International Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) the black ribbon was worn worldwide to show support and promote awareness of the Palestinian struggle.
• In India, 2011 to show support to Anna Hazare who was fasting to fight against corruption by government.
• Worn by people who have suffered from any intentions of self harming on November 30 of every year.
• In New Zealand, a black ribbon with a koru symbol supports an end to domestic violence.{{Cite web|last=Zealand|first=Black Ribbon New|title=Black Ribbon New Zealand|url=http://shop.blackribbon.org.nz/|access-date=2021-11-23|website=Black Ribbon New Zealand|language=en}} In Australia, a black ribbon raises awareness against domestic abuse of men and fathers.

• In the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett, the black ribbon is instead worn by vampires to prove, in the vein of the real-world blue ribbon badge, that they have sworn never to drink blood again.

File:No torture.triddle.png|alt=In Memory of Guadalupe Alanis|TortureProtest.org black ribbon campaign

File:Melanoma Awareness Ribbon alternative.jpg|Melanoma Awareness Ribbon Alternative with White Polka Dots

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• Black Ribbon Day
• Half-mast
• List of awareness ribbons

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{{commons category|Mourning ribbons}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110718172214/http://tortureprotest.org/_actnow_black-ribbon.html The TortureProtest.org Black Ribbon Campaign]

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