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.
Photos: Mourning in New Zealand
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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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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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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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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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