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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the supporters of his ruling Justice and Development Party during a rally in Kutahya, Turkey, Thursday, March 21, 2019. Erdogan has again screened clips of a video taken by the Christchurch mosque gunman, a day before the foreign minister of New Zealand _ which is trying to stop its use _ is due in Turkey.(Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

NZ says mosque gunman faces life in prison in isolation

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Clinical psychologist Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down for an interview with Channel 4 journalist Cathy Newman. (Image: YouTube, Channel 4 screenshot) ** FILE **

Jordan B. Peterson’s ‘12 Rules for Life’ pulled from New Zealand bookstore in response to massacre

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

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

FILE - In this file image made from video that was live-streamed Friday, March 15, 2019, a gunman reaches for guns in the back of his car before the mosque shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand. Only a week after attacks on two mosques in New Zealand killed 50 worshippers, the country has banned sales of &quot;military-style&quot; semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines. (Shooter's Video via AP, File)

A closer look at New Zealand’s new weapons ban

By FOSTER KLUG 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

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

Muslims pray during Friday prayers at Hagley Park in Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, March 22, 2019. People across New Zealand are observing the Muslim call to prayer as the nation reflects on the moment one week ago when 50 people were slaughtered at two mosques. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

The Latest: UN chief visits mosque and urges global safety

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Zaed Mustafa, in wheelchair, brother of Hamza and son of Khalid Mustafa killed in the Friday March 15 mosque shootings reacts during the burial at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, March 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

New Zealand police: Mosque gunman had planned a 3rd attack

By NICK PERRY and JULIET WILLIAMS and KRISTEN GELINEAU - 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

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

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Alex Jones account terminated from YouTube after evading ban on Infowars publisher

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 25, 2017 file photo, a man walks among the crosses at the field of remembrance following the ANZAC Day dawn service in Christchurch, New Zealand. ANZAC Day is held annually commemorating the April 25, 1915, landings in Gallipoli, the first major military action fought by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

Gallipoli pain resurfaces after Erdogan’s incendiary remarks

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the supporters of his ruling Justice and Development Party, AKP, at a rally in Istanbul, late Tuesday, March 19, 2019, ahead of local elections scheduled for March 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkey’s Erdogan sparks spat with Australia, New Zealand

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Mourners carry the body of a victim of the Friday, March 15, mosque shootings for burial at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, March 20, 2019. New Zealand Police Commissioner Mike Bush says he believes police officers stopped the gunman who killed 50 people at two mosques on his way to another attack. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

The Latest: NZ imam preparing for emotional Friday prayer

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

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

Illustration on mass shootings by Paul Tong/Tribune Content Agency

Blaming Donald Trump for the New Zealand massacre is nonsense

By John R. Lott Jr.

FILE - In this March 17, 2019, file photo, a police officer stands guard in front of the Masjid Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, where one of two mass shootings occurred. Growing certainty that a single gunman was responsible for the attacks renews attention to warnings about the threat of terror attacks by ideologically driven lone actors. But stereotypes of such attackers, often called “lone wolves” in the U.S., risks obscuring the fact that many are not as solitary as some might believe, criminologists say. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Mosque shootings renew fears of terror by lone attackers

By ADAM GELLER - Associated Press

A police officer stands guard in front of the Masjid Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, Sunday, March 17, 2019, where one of two mass shootings occurred. New Zealand's stricken residents reached out to Muslims in their neighborhoods and around the country on Saturday, 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 Yu)

Why Facebook didn’t block live New Zealand shooting video

By KELVIN CHAN and ANICK JESDANUN - Associated Press