--- description: The iconic tower cut its lights at 8 p.m. local time on Thursday, a day of national mourning. title: See the Eiffel Tower's Lights Go Off in Homage to Charlie Hebdo image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9227ae7dbb22571/698778f506f2c1950d3334a8/eifel-tower-dark.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See the Eiffel Tower Go Dark in Honor of Paris Attack Victims  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 8, 2015 8:09 PM CUT  As a tribute for the victims of yesterday's terrorist attack the lights of the Eiffel Tower were turned off for five minutes at 8pm local time on January 8, 2015 in Paris. As a tribute for the victims of yesterday's terrorist attack the lights of the Eiffel Tower were turned off for five minutes at 8pm local time on January 8, 2015 in Paris.Aurelien Meunier—Getty Images  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 8, 2015 8:09 PM CUT The iconic Eiffel Tower dimmed its lights Thursday night, as France ended a day of mourning for those killed in a terrorist attack in Paris the day before. Armed gunmen stormed the offices of satirical newspaper _Charlie Hebdo_, killing 10 journalists and two police officers. The killers, believed to be Islamist extremists, were still on the run Thursday evening local time. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3660314/eiffel-towers-lights-charlie-hebdo-terrorism-memorial/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3660314/eiffel-towers-lights-charlie-hebdo-terrorism-memorial/"},"headline":"See the Eiffel Tower Go Dark in Honor of Paris Attack Victims","datePublished":"2015-01-08T20:09:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:25:03.559Z","description":"The iconic tower cut its lights at 8 p.m. local time on Thursday, a day of national mourning.","url":"https://time.com/3660314/eiffel-towers-lights-charlie-hebdo-terrorism-memorial/","keywords":["France","Terrorism","memorial","paris","Eiffel Tower","Charlie Hebdo"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9227ae7dbb22571/698778f506f2c1950d3334a8/eifel-tower-dark.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9227ae7dbb22571/698778f506f2c1950d3334a8/eifel-tower-dark.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Global Reaction To The Terrorist Attack On French Newspaper Charlie Hebdo","caption":"Global Reaction To The Terrorist Attack On French Newspaper Charlie Hebdo","creditText":"Aurelien Meunier—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3660314/eiffel-towers-lights-charlie-hebdo-terrorism-memorial/","name":"See the Eiffel Tower Go Dark in Honor of Paris Attack Victims"}}]}] ```