--- title: Charlie Hebdo Attack Anniversary: How France Has Changed description: January 7th marks the first anniversary of the attack canonical: https://time.com/4170537/charlie-hebdo-attack-anniversary/ author: Anne Most article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-07T01:24:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-30T11:57:30.656Z article:section: World og:title: How France Has Changed Since the Charlie Hebdo Attack og:description: January 7th marks the first anniversary of the attack og:url: https://time.com/4170537/charlie-hebdo-attack-anniversary/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc5a852d450019c44/698877eff887dc3a15e94054/tribute-place-de-la-republique-paris-islamist-militant-attacks.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: People look at flowers and messages to pay tribute to the victims of last year's January and November shooting attacks near the statue at the Place de la Republique in Paris og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How France Has Changed Since the Charlie Hebdo Attack twitter:description: January 7th marks the first anniversary of the attack twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc5a852d450019c44/698877eff887dc3a15e94054/tribute-place-de-la-republique-paris-islamist-militant-attacks.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How France Has Changed Since the Charlie Hebdo Attack by [Anne Most](/author/anne-most/) and [Joyce Lee](/author/joyce-lee/) Jan 7, 2016 1:24 AM CUT  People look at flowers and messages to pay tribute to the victims of last year's January and November shooting attacks near the statue at the Place de la Republique in Paris on Jan. 6, 2016. People look at flowers and messages to pay tribute to the victims of last year's January and November shooting attacks near the statue at the Place de la Republique in Paris on Jan. 6, 2016.Charles Platiau—Reuters by [Anne Most](/author/anne-most/) and [Joyce Lee](/author/joyce-lee/) Jan 7, 2016 1:24 AM CUT January 7th marks the first anniversary of the [terror attack](http://time.com/3657314/paris-shooting-charlie-hebdo/ "undefined") at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris. The attack, which killed eleven people and injured eleven others—including the satirical magazine’s cartoonist and editor-in-chief Stephane Charbonnier—devastated France and shook the entire world. Vivienne Walt, a TIME correspondent in Paris, discusses how the people of France are still healing from the Charlie Hebdo attacks and the[ November terror attacks in Paris](http://time.com/4112502/france-terror-paris-attacks-bataclan/ "undefined") that killed 130 people. “This is a year that really redefined the way the French deal with just about everything,” she said. Watch the video above to hear how a nation changed in one year. 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