Some U.S. state flags were ordered to be raised during Donald Trump's swearing-in, while others will remain at half-staff for the late Jimmy Carter.

Donald Trump's inauguration was a spectacle full of pomp, ceremony, and some of the richest people in the world in attendance. But anyone expected flags at the Capitol to be flying at half mast following the death of former US president Jimmy Carter would have been mistaken.

American flags are back to full-staff at the U.S. Capitol in honor of Donald Trump's inauguration, breaking the U.S. flag code's guidelines for mourning the death of Jimmy Carter