Photo by Kevin Carroll.

The Libyan Embassy in Washington, located at 2600 Virginia Avenue NW, has reportedly changed its flag from the monochromatic green rectangle adopted in 1977, a few years after Moammar Gadhafi took power, to the Libyan Independence flag, which had been in use before that time, starting when the country won its independence from Italy in 1951. It’s a symbolic move, but it comes in solidarity with former ambassador Ali Aujali, who has had flying the flag from his residence since Friday. Libya fired Aujali from his post yesterday. For more, check out Al Jazzera’s fascinating report on the how the flag is helping to stoke the fires of revolution.