A birthday card found in a sunflower field near the crash site of <a target="_blank">Malaysia Airlines Flight 17</a> in eastern Ukraine, on Thursday, July 24. The passenger plane was shot down July 17 above Ukraine. All 298 people aboard were killed, and much of what they left behind was scattered in a vast field of debris.
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A birthday card found in a sunflower field near the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine, on Thursday, July 24. The passenger plane was shot down July 17 above Ukraine. All 298 people aboard were killed, and much of what they left behind was scattered in a vast field of debris.
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A classical music record is seen among the sunflowers on July 24.
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A classical music record is seen among the sunflowers on July 24.
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A shoe, appearing to be brand new, sits under foliage at the crash site.
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A shoe, appearing to be brand new, sits under foliage at the crash site.
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Two Dutch passports belonging to passengers lie in a field at the site of the crash on Tuesday, July 22.
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Two Dutch passports belonging to passengers lie in a field at the site of the crash on Tuesday, July 22.
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Clothing, sunglasses and chocolate are seen on July 22.
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Clothing, sunglasses and chocolate are seen on July 22.
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More sunglasses and a travel guide lie in the field on July 22.
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More sunglasses and a travel guide lie in the field on July 22.
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A doll is seen on the ground on Saturday, July 19.
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A doll is seen on the ground on Saturday, July 19.
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A single shoe is seen among the debris and wreckage on July 19. There has been concern that the site has not been sealed off properly and that vital evidence is being tampered with.
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A single shoe is seen among the debris and wreckage on July 19. There has been concern that the site has not been sealed off properly and that vital evidence is being tampered with.
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Pieces of a wristwatch lie on a plastic cover at the crash site.
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Pieces of a wristwatch lie on a plastic cover at the crash site.
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A toy monkey.
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A toy monkey.
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Books, bags, a tourist T-shirt. Ukraine's government said it had received reports of looting, and it urged relatives to cancel the victims' credit cards. But a CNN crew at the scene July 19 said it did not see any signs of looting.
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Books, bags, a tourist T-shirt. Ukraine's government said it had received reports of looting, and it urged relatives to cancel the victims' credit cards. But a CNN crew at the scene July 19 said it did not see any signs of looting.
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Passports were scattered across the large field.
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Passports were scattered across the large field.
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Playing cards and euros are seen at the crash site.
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Playing cards and euros are seen at the crash site.
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A travel guide and toiletries.
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A travel guide and toiletries.
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Luggage on Friday, July 18.
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Luggage on Friday, July 18.
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An empty suitcase is cordoned off near the plane's impact site on Thursday, July 17.
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An empty suitcase is cordoned off near the plane's impact site on Thursday, July 17.
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