&lt;strong&gt;July 18:&lt;/strong&gt; A rose lies on a plastic sheet covering a victim of &lt;a href=&#39;http://ift.tt/1o15fYm&#39;&gt;Malaysia Airlines Flight 17,&lt;/a&gt; which was shot down over war-torn eastern Ukraine. All 298 people aboard the flight were killed. Several Western nations and the Ukrainian government &lt;a href=&#39;http://ift.tt/1ugLqCV&#39;&gt;have accused pro-Russian rebels&lt;/a&gt; of shooting down the plane with a missile. Rebel leaders and the Russian government have disputed the claims.