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Symbol of mourning From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A black ribbon is a symbol of remembrance or mourning. It is often worn or put on a public display to express consolation.
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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:
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,[7][8] the charter flight crash in Colombia in November 2016,[9] the 2017 Portugal wildfires,[10] and the death of Queen Elizabeth II.[11] 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.[12][13]
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.[14]
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