Victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
A passenger plane carrying 298 people was shot down as it flew over the country, and both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the plane.
Among the 298 people aboard
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 were a renowned AIDS researcher, a Dutch senator and an Australian novelist.
Malaysian authorities have reported 193 Dutch victims, including an American-dutch citizen; 43 Malaysians, including the crew; and 27 Australians, 12 Indonesians, 10 Britons, including a British-South African citizen, four Belgians, four Germans, three Filipinos, one Canadian and one New Zealander.
People pray for the victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight17 at church outside Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia, July 18.
Fire engines arrive at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Hrabove, Ukraine,as the sun sets July 17.
People walk amongst the debris at the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine,
A man covers a body with a plastic sheet near the site of a crashed Malaysia Airlines
passenger plane near the village of Rozsypne, Ukraine, eastern Ukraine,
A body lies in the grass near the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine
The hand of victim lies among the wreckage of the crashed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 lies near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, July 19, 2014.
A body lies on the ground close to the site of Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash near the settlement of Grabovo, in the Donetsk region
A woman with a child walks past the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine,
Debris and bodies of passengers of Boeing 777, Malaysia Arilines flight MH17, which crashed during flying over the eastern Ukraine region near Donetsk, Ukraine,
A woman walks at the site of a crashed Malaysia Airlines passenger plane near the village of Rozsypne, eastern Ukraine
People inspect the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, July 17.
