Photos: Mourning in New Zealand

Alan Taylor
March 20, 2019
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Days after the worst mass shooting in New Zealand’s history, residents of Christchurch gathered at memorial sites that grew outside mosques and churches, bringing flowers, candles, and messages of sorrow and love. As people mourn the 50 killed last Friday, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is calling for stricter national gun laws, and says she will seek answers from social-media companies about the live-streaming and dissemination of video of the attack. Gathered below, images from Christchurch over the past few days.

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People view flowers and tributes by the Botanic Gardens in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 19, 2019. #

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hugs a mosque-goer at the Kilbirnie mosque in Wellington, New Zealand, on March 17, 2019. #

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Floral tributes are left before dawn at Deans Avenue near the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 16, 2019. #

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Mourners pay their respects at a makeshift memorial near the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch on March 16, 2019. #

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A well-wisher holds one of 49 candles as he pays respects to the victims outside a hospital in Christchurch on March 16, 2019, after a shooting incident at two mosques in the city the previous day. #

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Members of a New Zealand biker gang perform the haka to honor the victims of the mosque shootings in Christchurch on March 17, 2019. #

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People lay flowers and spend time at a wall of flowers at the Botanic Gardens in Christchurch on March 17, 2019. #

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People write on a sign at a memorial, a tribute to the victims of the mosque attacks, near a police line outside the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch on March 16, 2019. #

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A police official stands guard in front of the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch on March 19, 2019. #

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On March 17, 2019, a Muslim family stands across the road from the Deans Avenue mosque where worshippers were gunned down in Christchurch. #

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A woman sits and watches the sunrise in Hagley Park, Christchurch, opposite the Al Noor Mosque, on March 17, 2019. #

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A member of the Maori community poses at a memorial site for the victims of the mosque shootings in Christchurch on March 17, 2019. #

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Youngsters perform the haka during a student vigil near the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch on March 18, 2019. #

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Students perform the haka during a vigil near the Al Noor Mosque on March 18, 2019. #

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Residents view flowers left in tribute to the victims in Christchurch on March 18, 2019. #

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Zeeyad Ravat of Melbourne's Pillars of Guidance Community Center prays at a memorial site for Friday's shooting outside the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch on March 19, 2019. #

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Residents cry after leaving flowers in tribute to the victims in Christchurch on March 17, 2019. #

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A woman touches a photo at a memorial site outside the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch on March 19, 2019. #

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Schoolchildren and other well-wishers view flowers and tributes near the Al Noor Mosque on March 18, 2019. #

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People place candles at a flower-tribute area at the Botanic Gardens in Christchurch on March 16, 2019. #

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People visit a memorial site in front of the Al Noor Mosque on March 18, 2019. #

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High-school students from a Christian school embrace as they give hugs to Muslims waiting for news of their relatives at a community center in Christchurch on March 18, 2019, following Friday's shooting. #

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Flowers and messages are placed on the steps of the Kilbirnie mosque in Wellington, New Zealand, on March 17, 2019. #

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People visit a memorial site for the victims of Friday's shooting in front of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens on March 19, 2019. #

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People light candles next to flowers and tributes laid by the wall of the Botanic Gardens in Christchurch on March 17, 2019. #

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