In this excerpt, the word wonder has a positive connotation. The excerpt is talking about when the photos of all victims in 9/11 terrorist attack are aligned next to each other, a certain map of the world can be created, a map which shows how many cultures were victims of the attack. To the narrator, this is a wonder, which is a positive thing given that it shows how people are connected and live together happily.
He kills in her name, he wanted to always be near her, the balcony, he wanted to marry her, their first kiss, he died for her as he saw her 'dead body'