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This Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, photo shows Aya Al-Umari, whose brother Hussein Al-Umari was killed in the Al Noor mosque shooting, at her home in Christchurch, New Zealand. Fifty-one people were killed and dozens more injured when a lone gunman attacked two mosques in Christchurch last year. New Zealanders on Sunday, March 15, will commemorate those who died on the first anniversary of the mass killing, as the tragedy continues to ripple through the community. Three people whose lives were forever altered that day say it has prompted changes in their career aspirations, living situations and in the way that others perceive them. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

1 year later, New Zealand mosque attacks alter many lives

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

Mourners attend the service for a victim of the mosque shootings for a burial at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, March 22, 2019. People across New Zealand will listen to the Muslim call to prayer on Friday as the nation marks one week since a gunman attacked two mosques and killed 50 people. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Broken-hearted but not broken: New Zealand prays together

By Nick Perry and Juliet Williams - Associated Press

In this March 20, 2019, photo, New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during a press conference following the March 15 mosque shooting, in Christchurch, New Zealand. Prime Minister Ardern says New Zealand is immediately banning assault rifles, high-capacity magazines and &quot;military style semi-automatic rifles&quot; like the weapons used in last Friday's attacks on two Christchurch mosques. Ardern announced the ban Thursday, March 21, and said it would be followed by legislation to be introduced next month.(Kyodo News via AP)

New Zealand to observe Muslim call to prayer on Friday

By Nick Perry and Juliet Williams - Associated Press

A tribute for mosque shooting victim Hossein Moustafa hangs on a wall at the Botanical Gardens in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, March 21, 2019. Thousands of people were expected to come together for an emotional Friday prayer service led by the imam of one of the two New Zealand mosques where 50 worshippers were killed in a white supremacist attack on Friday March 15. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Stories of the victims of the New Zealand mosque attack

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Mourners leave the cemetery after the burial service of the body of a victim of the Friday March 15 mosque shootings at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, March 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

New Zealand to observe Muslim prayer after mosque attacks

By NICK PERRY and JULIET WILLIAMS - Associated Press

Mourners gather before a service of a victim from last week's mosque shooting for a burial at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, March 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

The Latest: New Zealanders to observe Muslim call to prayer

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A photo tribute for Christchurch mosque shooting victim Tariq Omar lies amid mounds of flowers across the road from the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand Tuesday, March 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Stories of the victims of the New Zealand mosque attack

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo supplied by Abdi Ibrahim, shows his 3-year-old brother, Mucaad Ibrahim, the youngest known victim of the March 15, 2019, mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand. Mucaad Ibrahim had big brown eyes and always seemed to be laughing. In some ways, a friend says, he seemed like an old soul. He had an intelligence beyond his years. And he loved watching his big brother play soccer. (Abdi Ibrahim via AP, File)

New Zealand’s darkest day: 36 minutes of terror

By NICK PERRY and KRISTEN GELINEAU and JULIET WILLIAMS - Associated Press

This photo provided by Aya Al-Umari shows Hussein Al-Umari and his sister, Aya Al-Umari, in early 2018. Hussein, left, 35, was killed in the Al Noor mosque attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Friday, March 15, 2019. (Aya Al-Umari via AP)

Stories of the victims of the New Zealand mosque attack

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Mourners hug after paying their respects to the victims near the Masjid Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, Monday, March 18, 2019. A steady stream of mourners paid tribute at makeshift memorial to the 50 people slain by a gunman at two mosques in Christchurch, while dozens of Muslims stood by to bury the dead when authorities finally release the victims' bodies. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Defiant vigil starts healing in New Zealand after massacre

By KRISTEN GELINEAU and JULIET WILLIAMS and STEPHEN WRIGHT - Associated Press

A girl walk to lay flowers on a wall at the Botanical Gardens in Christchurch, New Zealand, Sunday, March 17, 2019. New Zealand's stricken residents reached out to Muslims in their neighborhoods and around the country on Saturday, in a fierce determination to show kindness to a community in pain as a 28-year-old white supremacist stood silently before a judge, accused in mass shootings at two mosques that left dozens of people dead. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Mourners pay tribute to New Zealand victims, await burials

By NICK PERRY and JULIET WILLIAMS - Associated Press

Yasir Amin, 35-year-old, describes his run-in with the gunman in Friday's mass shootings Saturday, March 16, 2019, in Christchurch, New Zealand. (AP Photo/Kristen Gelineau)

‘RUN!’: NZ shooting victims recount horror, mourn the lost

By KRISTEN GELINEAU and JULIET WILLIAMS - Associated Press

Mourners paying their respects at a makeshift memorial at the Botanical Gardens in Christchurch, New Zealand, Saturday, March 16, 2019. New Zealand's stricken residents reached out to Muslims in their neighborhoods and around the country on Saturday, in a fierce determination to show kindness to a community in pain as a 28-year-old white supremacist stood silently before a judge, accused in mass shootings at two mosques that left dozens of people dead. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Stories of the victims of the New Zealand mosque attack

By The Associated Press - Associated Press