The Day After: A Look at Friday's MH17 Front Page Headlines

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The Day After: A Look at Friday's MH17 Front Page Headlines
A woman reacts to the MH17 crash in the at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia on Friday, July 18, 2014. Credit: Joshua Paul

For the second time in less than six months, the loss of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet tugged on the world's heartstrings.

A plane carrying 295 passengers and crew was shot from the sky on Thursday over Ukraine, crashing near the Russia-Ukraine border in an area called Torez. U.S. Intelligence officials confirmed the plane was brought down by a surface-to-air missile, but the responsible parties have not yet been officially identified.

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The aircraft, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, was traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was shot from the sky. In March, a separate Malaysia Airlines passenger jet carrying 239 people mysteriously disappeared on a trip from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. That plane is still missing.

News organizations around the globe rushed to cover Thursday's tragedy. A number of publications shared their front page headlines with readers via social networks on Thursday night. Nearly all included images of the deadly crash site.

Here's a look at the headlines the world will wake up to on Friday:

Tomorrow's front page: 'Blown out of the sky' http://t.co/h1UoWgxV5x pic.twitter.com/hm87o2UNA4— The Times of London (@thetimes) July 17, 2014

Friday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/JvB4qIr2Mb— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) July 17, 2014

Guardian front page, Friday 18 July 2014: Murder in the sky: missile destroys jet and kills 295 pic.twitter.com/zWLqc6Mru0— The Guardian (@guardian) July 17, 2014

Tomorrow's front page: At least 6 Brits dead after flight #MH17 is shot out of the sky... pic.twitter.com/fUSYbCjlVK— The Sun (@TheSunNewspaper) July 17, 2014

In ons liveblog over #MH17: de voorpagina's van de Nederlandse kranten http://t.co/btxj1ogd5A pic.twitter.com/pqRIasxT2x— NRC (@nrc) July 18, 2014

Friday's front page: Dedicated to the horror of Malaysia Airlines flight #MH17. http://t.co/y8913X8eNn pic.twitter.com/hhmtvwGJwh— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) July 17, 2014

SHOT OUT OF THE SKY. Tomorrow's @Independent front page: pic.twitter.com/2Ane6y3Pha— amol rajan (@amolrajan) July 17, 2014

Just published: front page of the Financial Times US edition Fri Jul 18 pic.twitter.com/Wyo5RfYASz— Financial Times (@FT) July 17, 2014

Tomorrow's Herald front page #scotpapers pic.twitter.com/mFbT5DEwEF— Herald Editor (@Herald_Editor) July 17, 2014

#MH17 front page of Malaysia's Star newspaper @staronline pic.twitter.com/5kEkfS4taU— Paperboy (@frontpagestoday) July 17, 2014

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