The Albanian Prime Minister paid a classy sartorial tribute at the Charlie Hebdo Paris rally

Your support helps us to tell the story

Support Now

Find out moreClose

As your White House correspondent, I ask the tough questions and seek the answers that matter.

Your support enables me to be in the room, pressing for transparency and accountability. Without your contributions, we wouldn't have the resources to challenge those in power.

Your donation makes it possible for us to keep doing this important work, keeping you informed every step of the way to the November election

Andrew Feinberg

White House Correspondent

Just when you thought you'd seen the humble pencil repurposed in every way possible as a symbol of free speech and unity in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama arrives with his own rather subtle Tricolour pocket square.

The politician, himself an artist and writer, turned up at the solidarity march in Paris with blue, white and red pencils tucked into his top pocket, signifying the colours of the French flag.

It was organised in the hope of showing that terrorism will not be tolerated and that freedom cannot be crushed, after the attacks at Charlie Hebdo magazine and a kosher supermarket which took place last week.

The message was echoed around the world, with several of London's landmarks being illuminated with the French Tricolour.