Malaysia Airlines Crash: 21 of the World's Most Powerful Front Pages

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Brian Ries
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Malaysia Airlines Crash: 21 of the World's Most Powerful Front Pages
Newspaper front pages cover the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster on Friday, July 18 2014. Credit: Mashable/Newseum

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down by a missile over eastern Ukraine on Thursday with 298 people on board. On Friday, the world began to process the news.

Newspapers around the globe led their coverage with imagery of the disaster.

From the de Volkskrant of Amsterdam, the country with the most losses, to the New York Daily News’ “Putin’s War,” see the 21 most powerful front pages.

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