Photographers have captured the emotional reaction to the potential discovery of MH370.
The most striking pictures have been collated in this gallery.
Family members of a passenger onboard the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 hug each other as they wait for news about the missing plane at a hotel in Beijing March 20, 2014. Photo: REuters
Chinese relatives of the passengers onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 wait for the latest information at Lido Hotel on March 20, 2014 in Beijing, China. Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott said that authorities have spotted two objects in the Indian Ocean that may be related to flight MH370.
Family members of a passenger onboard the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 hug each other as they wait for news about the missing plane at a hotel in Beijing March 20, 2014. Photo: Reuters.
John Young, general manager of the emergency response division of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), listens to a question as he stands in front of a diagram showing the search area for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean, during a briefing in Canberra March 20, 2014. Photo: Reuters.
Family members of a passenger onboard the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 hug each other as they wait for news about the missing plane at a hotel in Beijing March 20, 2014. Photo: REuters
Journalists look at a television screen at an announcement from John Young, general manager of the emergency response division of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), about satellite imagery of debris possibly from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 inside the hotel where are relatives of the passengers of the missing Boeing 777-200ER are staying in Putrajaya March 20, 2014. Photo: Reuters.
Chinese relatives of the passengers onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 wait for the latest information at Lido Hotel on March 20, 2014 in Beijing, China. Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott said that authorities have spotted two objects in the Indian Ocean that may be related to flight MH370.
Satellite imagery provided to Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) of objects that may be possible debris of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in a revised area 185 km (115 miles) to the south east of the original search area in this picture released by AMSA March 20, 2014. Photo: Supplied.
Rosila Abu Samah, 50, and her daughter Kaiyisah Selamat, 8, the mother and sister of flight engineer Mohd Khairul Amri Selamat who was on board missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, hug each other during an interview inside the hotel where they and other relatives of the passengers of the missing Boeing 777-200ER are staying in Putrajaya March 20, 2014. Photo: Reuters.
A man covers his face as he waits for information about passengers onboard the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in a room at the Lido Hotel in Beijing, March 20, 2014. Photo: Reuters.
Malaysia's acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein (C) is accompanied by Foreign Minister Anifah Aman (R) and Department of Civil Aviation's Director General Azharuddin Abdul Rahman as he addresses reporters about the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport March 20, 2014. Photo: Reuters.
A family member of a passenger onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 reacts as he watches a message board dedicated to the passengers onboard the missing plane at a hotel in Beijing March 20, 2014. Photo: Reuters.
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) pilot, Flight Lieutenant Russell Adams from 10 Squadron, steers his AP-3C Orion over the Southern Indian Ocean during the search for missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in this picture released by the Australian Defence Force March 20, 2014. Photo: Supplied.
Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) crew members from of an AP-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft walk down a ladder after they arrived in Perth March 20, 2014 after searching an area in the southern Indian Ocean for the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Photo: Reuters.
A family member of a passenger onboard the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 cries as he watches a message board dedicated to passengers onboard the missing plane at a hotel in Beijing March 20, 2014. Photo: Reuters.
