
MH17: Remembering lives lost —
Eindhoven military air base, July 23, 2014: Flowers and a teddy bear are placed in front of a plane before a ceremony marking the return of the first bodies of passengers on board Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. The bodies will be taken to a military barracks in the city of Hilversum, where forensic experts will begin the task of identifying and returning them to relatives.

MH17: Remembering lives lost —
Ukrainian soldiers stand next to coffins carrying the remains of the victims during a ceremony at Kharkiv airport.

MH17: Remembering lives lost —
International experts march towards a plane at Kharkiv airport to accompany the remains of victims to the Netherlands.

MH17: Remembering lives lost —
Flowers lie on the tarmac as a Hercules transport aircraft of the Royal Dutch Air Force prepares to take off from Kharkiv airport.

MH17: Remembering lives lost —
The Hercules carrying the bodies takes off from Kharkiv airport, as a C17 aircraft from the Royal Australian Air Force taxis.

MH17: Remembering lives lost —
The Dutch flag flies at half-staff on the Huis ten Bosch Palace in the Hague, the Netherlands. The country declared an exceptional day of mourning for the 298 victims of whom 193 were Dutch.

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Preparations are made at St. Joris Church in Amersfoort, The Netherlands, for a prayer service for MH17 victims.

MH17: Remembering lives lost —
Flowers are placed at Schiphol airport as Dutch royals meet the planes with grieving relatives and representatives from the 11 countries that had citizens among the 298 MH17 victims.

MH17: Remembering lives lost —
Dutch King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and Prime Minister Mark Rutte stand together as unidentified bodies are transferred to hearses.

MH17: Remembering lives lost —
This aerial photo shows people watching from a bridge as a convoy of hearses makes its way from Eindhoven air base to Hilversum.

MH17: Remembering lives lost —
People react as they gather during a silent march in Amsterdam.

MH17: Remembering lives lost —
White balloons are released in the air.