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12 powerful political cartoons responding to the Charlie Hebdo attack

Thursday, 8 January 2015, 10:37 Last update: about 10 years ago

Political cartoonists around the world are tweeting their response to the massacre at the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, where armed gunmen killed four French cartoonists.

Ruben Oppenheimer:

 

David Pope of the Canberra Times:

 

Carlos Latuff:

 

From France's BFM TV:

From Chilean political cartoonist Francisco J. Olea: "To arms, companions!"

 

 

From Il Mattinale, in Italy:

 

Philip DeFranco:

 

Martin Vidberg: (The tweet says "How can I draw today? How can I not draw today?" and the text of the cartoon reads "Today I am an editorial cartoonist. Today I am a journalist. Today I draw for Charlie Hebdo.")

 

Another French cartoon:

 

From a Dutch cartoonist:

 

James MacLeod:

 

Francisco Olea from Chile:

 

 

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