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New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, left, attends the 10th anniversary memorial service of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Monday marked a decade since the quake struck, killing 185 people. (George Heard/NZ Herald via AP)

New Zealand remembers 185 who died in quake 10 years ago

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

Ann Brower, the lone survivor from a bus which was hit by falling debris from a building during the Christchurch earthquake 10 years ago, sits at her workplace in Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. One woman has used her anger to ensure buildings are safer. Others have found peace after heartbreaking losses. Ten years after the earthquake in Christchurch killed 185 people and devastated the city, some of those profoundly affected are sharing their journeys. (AP Photo/Peter Meecham)

10 years after Christchurch quake, survivors share stories

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 29, sits in the dock on the final day of his sentencing hearing at the Christchurch High Court after pleading guilty to 51 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one count of terrorism in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. The white supremacist who killed 51 worshippers at two New Zealand mosques in March 2019 was sentenced to life in prison without parole. (John Kirk-Anderson/Pool Photo via AP)

New Zealand mosque shooter sentenced to life without parole

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 29, sits in the dock on day three at the Christchurch High Court for sentencing after pleading guilty to 51 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one count of terrorism in Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. More than 60 survivors and family members will confront the New Zealand mosque gunman this week when he appears in court to be sentenced for his crimes in the worst atrocity in the nation's modern history. (John Kirk-Anderson/Pool Photo via AP)

New Zealand mosque shooter won’t speak at court sentencing

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, photo, Al Noor mosque shooting survivor Temel Atacocugu points to the scar of a bullet wound in his arm during an interview at his home in Christchurch, New Zealand. When the gunman walked into the mosque, Atacocugu was kneeling for Friday prayers. He looked up into the man's face, thinking he was a police officer because of his paramilitary outfit. Time slowed. Temel saw a puff of smoke come from the raised gun, felt a bullet smash into his teeth, and thought: &quot;Oh, my God, I'm dying.&quot; (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Shot 9 times during mosque massacre, survivor overcomes fear

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

Defense lawyers for Brenton Tarrant, Jonathon Hudson, left, and Shane Tait arrive at the Christchurch District Court in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. The trial of the man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch mosques could be delayed by several weeks next year to avoid beginning during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Trial of accused Christchurch mosque shooter may be delayed

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

In this March 13, 2019, file photo Facebook, Messenger and Instagram apps are are displayed on an iPhone in New York. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Internet execs risk jail under Australian bill targeting ‘abhorrent violent material’ shared online

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

A police officer patrols at a cordon near a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, March 15, 2019. Multiple people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers on what the prime minister called "one of New Zealand's darkest days." (AP Photo/Mark Baker) ** FILE **

Austria confirms link between Christchurch shooting suspect and far-right group

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses a press conference in Wellington, New Zealand Monday, March 25, 2019. Ardern has announced a top-level inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the massacre of 50 people in two Christchurch mosques on March 15. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)

The Latest: Mosque attacks to get top-level inquiry

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 18, 2019, file photo, a student lights candle during a vigil to commemorate victims of March 15 shooting, outside the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. New Zealanders are debating the limits of free speech after their chief censor banned a 74-page manifesto written by a man accused of massacring 50 people at two mosques. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Banning of manifesto raises free speech debate in N. Zealand

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

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 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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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks in front of a model dinosaur during the inauguration of a theme park in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, March 20, 2019. Erdogan has sparked a diplomatic spat with New Zealand and Australia as he campaigns for votes in local elections this month and portrays the mosque shooting in New Zealand and a World War I battle as targeting Islam.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Australia says tensions with Turkey ease after WWI remarks

By TREVOR MARSHALLSEA - Associated Press

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

Fifty pairs of white shoes line up as a memorial to the victims of Friday March 15 mass mosque shootings in front of a church in Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Four days after Friday's attack, New Zealand's deadliest shooting in modern history, relatives were anxiously waiting for word on when they can bury their loved ones. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

The Latest: Police say mosque gunman planned another attack

Associated Press

In this Saturday, March 16, 2019, file photo, flowers lay at a memorial near the Masjid Al Noor mosque for victims in last week's shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand. The leafy New Zealand city where a self-proclaimed racist fatally shot 50 people at mosques during Friday prayers is known for its picturesque meandering river and English heritage. For decades, the southern city of Christchurch also has been the center of the country's small but persistent white supremacist movement. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Christchurch harbored white supremacists before massacre

By Stephen Wright - 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

In this photo released by New Zealand Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to representatives of the Muslim community, Saturday, March 16, 2019 at the Canterbury Refugee Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand, a day after the mass shootings at two mosques in the city. (New Zealand Prime Minister Office via AP)

New Zealand welcomes Jacinda Ardern gun control after Christchurch mosque massacre

By Stephen Wright and Kristen Gelineau - Associated Press

FILE- In this photo taken Friday, July 8, 2011, an excavator works on clearing rubble following the Feb. 2011, quake, in downtown Christchurch, New Zealand. Despite its tranquility and beauty, New Zealand city of Christchurch is painfully familiar with trauma and will need to use that experience to recover from terrorist attack. (AP Photo/Martin Hunter, File)

Despite its peace, Christchurch painfully used to trauma

By STEVE McMORRAN and NICK PERRY - Associated Press