"The tears came without warning, as I watched them link arms, forming a protective human fence around their Muslim neighbors who were holding evening prayers in the park, just meters from where the killing took place," writes Jerome Taylor, bureau chief for Hong Kong and Taiwan who was part of a team to cover the aftermath of the Christchurch mosque attacks.

"That’s how it usually happens -- when you least expect it. As you cover the aftermath of a tragedy, you glimpse something that reminds you that goodness exists even in the darkest of places. And you crack."