Satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, with the edition featuring the new cover with the teary-eyed Prophet Muhammad holding a sign stating “Je suis Charlie” with the message that all is forgiven ontop, literally flew off the shelves. The magazine was sold out by 8 a.m. in kiosks around Paris. Huge demand for Charlie Hebdo copies led to the increase of the issue to five million copies.

Readers rushed to buy a copy of the magazine that catapulted to world prominence following the tragic events at its offices that left 12 dead last Wednesday.

No sooner was the image of the cover cartoon released that publications around the world showed their support for the paper. Leftist Liberation in Paris showed its support to Charlie Hebdo in its own unique way with a cover of the cover sketch multiplied.

Lines at kiosks from the break of dawn:

Cumhuriyet in Turkey said that police stopped trucks before they left its printing center and checked content after the newspaper had chosen to print a few of the cartoons. Today’s Zaman reoprted that distribution was allowed to go to print only after it was verified that the satirical French newspaper’s cover featuring the Prophet Muhammad was not published.