Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers out in the world. Did you know that Mother’s Day is not celebrated at the same day in all countries across the world? According to Wikipedia Mother’s Day on the second Sunday in May (i.e. today) is celebrated in Anguilla, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, People’s Republic of China,Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Honduras, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia*, Malta, Malaysia, Myanmar, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Slovakia, South Africa, St. Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, Suriname, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.

While for example Norway is celebrating Mother’s Day on the second Sunday in February, Georgia on the 3rd of March and Armenia on April 7th.

Some other countries like Algeria, Dominican Republic, France, Haiti, Mauritius, Morocco, Sweden and Tunisia got their Mother’s Day on the last Sunday in May and some Arab countries like Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Lebanon, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen celebrate it on the 21st of March.

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