The Balkans, along with much of Europe, continued to swelter in a prolonged heatwave on Wednesday, triggering forest fires and drying up a Serbian lake for the first time, as a meteorologist warned such heatwaves could become more regular. - REUTERS
An eyewitness recalled the horror of the MH17 crash as people on Wednesday (July 17) laid flowers and brought toys to a memorial in a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 came down near Hrabove in the Russian-controlled Donetsk region of Ukraine. - REUTERS
The head of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) said she was fired by the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday after she refused demands from senior editors at the paper to sever ties with the organization and to not advocate for media freedoms. - REUTERS
Each day, millions of gallons of raw sewage cascade through a canyon and into the Pacific Ocean just south of the U.S.-Mexican border. - REUTERS