Rescue workers search sunflower fields around MH17 crash

HRABOVE, Ukraine (AP) -- In the sunflower fields around eastern Ukraine, lines of rescue workers disappeared into thick, tall growth, searching the wreckage of a Malaysia Airlines jet shot down as it flew miles above the country's battlefield. Elsewhere, news of the tragedy sparked an outpouring of grief and prayer as Malaysia reeled from the second disaster to hit its national airline in less than five months.

Here is a collection of images surrounding the tragedy.

More on MH17:
Obama: Plane shot down by missile, 1 American dead
Bodies rained down on Ukraine village after plane disaster
Fidel Castro: Ukraine to blame for downed airliner
Malaysia Airlines crash kills hundreds from nuns to AIDS experts
Confusion over whether Malaysia black boxes found
Woman loses relatives in 2 Malaysia air disasters
Dutch flags at half-staff as nation mourns crash