FOR MANY JOURNALISTS, the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris yesterday felt personal.
The death of ten journalists and cartoonists at the satirical magazine was an attack on the profession, on freedom of expression, and freedom of the press.
Today’s front pages reflects the sadness felt by many journalists – but also the anger and the defiance. Headlines, photographs and cartoons show the depth of these feelings.
Some front pages are a statement of intent: Le Parisien simply says “They will not murder freedom” over a photograph of people at a vigil in Paris. Others are more direct. The Independent in London shows a cartoon of a blood-stained hand on the front page of the Charlie Hebdo giving the middle finger.
Here are some of the most striking front pages from around the world today.
France
Le Figaro [Headline reads: "Freedom murdered"]
Libération [Headline reads: "We are all Charlie"]
Le Parisien [Headline reads: "They will not murder freedom"]
L’équipe [Headline reads: "Freedom 0, Barbarity 12]
l’Humanité [Headline reads: "It is freedom which is being murdered"]
Les Echoes [Headline reads: "Confronted with barbarity"]
Ireland
The Irish Times
Irish Examiner
The Herald
Britain
The Independent
The Sun
The Guardian
Daily Mail
The Daily Telegraph
The National
Denmark
Germany
BZ Berlin
Bild
Norway
Aftenposten
International New York Times
Sources: ThePaperboy.com, Mike Hogan, Nick Sutton, Alexis Brézet, Line T Holm, l’Humanité, Casper Dall.
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