1. “I was prepared to give my life to save another life.”

More details and stories of heroism are emerging from the terrorist attack that left 50 people dead at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Abdul Aziz was in one of the mosques when he heard gunshots. Rather than turning from the sound, he ran toward it in an effort to distract the attacker.

Some at the mosques had come from places scarred by war, while others had grown up in Christchurch. But worshipers of all kinds came together to seek answers at the hospital, where the fate of loved ones was still unknown. Above, a vigil outside the Botanic Gardens in Christchurch.

Within hours of the attacks, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern promised gun control reform. But the issue could be divisive in New Zealand, where an extraordinary number of people own weapons, with few restrictions.