#kiribas

Today's daily featured flag for 12 July, 2026 is the flag of the Republic of Kiribati. (Pronounced keer-ih-BAHS.) To be perfectly honest, this flag could use some work. It's a bit overcomplicated and the eye on the bird look just plain silly... but this flag is extremely charming. The aspect ratio and the overcomplicated sun rays are cute, and the waves are pleasant to a freaky degree. The black borders surrounding the yellow elements are also a choice, but it's hard not to love this flag. Look at it. It's adorable.

Bernd Lambert, professor of anthropology emeritus and a faculty member in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences since 1964, died Jan. 3 at home in Ithaca. The cultural anthropologist, an authority on kinship among the Pacific islanders of the Republic of Kiribas (formerly, the Gilbert Islands), was 82.