This exact same issue (light sources not working) just started happening within my family's realm's based world yesterday, 5-23-19. Version 1.14.1 vanilla . This is for all light sources, not just torches. It includes naturally occurring sources such as sunlight and lava pools. This is not just a visual bug, as mobs are spawning in the unexpectedly dark areas.
I "reset" some of the effected areas by either breaking then replacing sources such as torches. Also went around with a lava bucket briefly placing lava then picking it back up. This temporarily reset light sources to function as expected but both after returning from the nether and also quitting // restarting the game the issue returned.
It makes the game absolutely unplayable in certain areas.
A couple of examples can be seen in the world at coord's 330/76/1848 & 329/69/1845.
I've never reported a bug before – so sorry if this is wrong file attached – I spent 15 minutes searching your site for an explanation as to what to attach and no explanation was readily found.
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My family plays on three different Macs - the latest iMac, the 2nd most recent iMac & a 2018 MacBook Pro//OLED bar laptop. Same issue described above started occurring in 1.14.3 V Sync doesn't help.
Also with the release of 1.14.3, lots of other game playing oddness — mine cart travel is not smooth, but rather very herky-jerky and feels like it's taking longer. Also issues with blocks reappearing after they've been broken and lots of general lagginess. All of this in on the Realms.