Rose, a gun and a veil .. How did the world fall in love with New Zealand police?

Years ago, she left the field of accounting and chose to be close to people. Last Friday, the cameras took her with an automatic rifle, wearing a hijab and a red rose on her chest, a combination of beauty, strength and dignity.

Michelle Evans is a young twenty-year-old born and raised in the tourist town of Wanganui and overlooking the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

When thousands of New Zealanders gathered last Friday in Christchurch for the funeral of the victims of the massacre of the mosques, Officer Evans was guarding the graveyard where the dead were buried and buried.

Photographer Alden Williams is one of those captured by the image of Officer Evans, writing about the paradox of rose, gun and veil in the Pacific island state.

"It's a powerful image that reduces reverence, respect and protection," says Williams.

"But the combination of red roses, assault rifles and veils is something I've never seen before," he told Stav.

The most attractive image
On the pages of the websites, the picture gained a lot of admiration and commentary. "Very wonderful, it's an example of tolerance in New Zealand, humane and sympathetic, and people must see it around the world," one wrote. Another commented saying "unbelievable sight, power and beauty."

Although New Zealand wore the veil last Friday in solidarity with Muslims, the image of the blonde officer was the most attractive to the Western press, and considered it a symbol of tolerance and love of the other.

"At first, the New Zealand Prime Minister drew the attention of the world when she wore the headscarf, and now the image of the young officer has spread very widely," said Stav. "With her hijab, her rifle and the rose on her chest.

"Her decision to wear the hijab and put a rose on her jacket was a symbol of solidarity and people around the world," Daily Mail said.

The press reported to Evans years ago about her working conditions and why she preferred the risk and involvement in the police at an early age of her youth.

"I wanted to help people and work with the community I grew up in. It's a job that makes you feel good when you know you're getting a salary to help people."

Evans tells her story
The graceful officer tells her she prefers to work on the front lines, so even if there are hostile people, they will calm down when she and her colleagues begin to deal.

"They know that we are settling the situation, and we will not go before we make sure that everyone is safe."

Six months ago, the police officer wrote a statement about the pressure she was facing at work. "It is not normal for you to bear the burden of police officers: emotionally, psychologically and physically," she said.

Every day, Ivan works outside the office and loves drawing the viewer and reads about health and psychology, because she cares about what people think.

She says she speaks to young people easily and that her conversation is "so easy for me to communicate with them and find out where they came from ... I do not know why, but maybe because I'm younger."

"The police have to work with people, and we are here to make the town safer and to push people to feel we are protecting them and we can not do it on our own, we need to work with us."