Charlie Hebdo staff delay next two issues, citing exhaustion, grief

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French satirical publication Charlie Hebdo will delay its next two issues, because staffers are exhausted, grieving, and need a break from constant media exposure, a publicist for the magazine said on Saturday.

Two militants entered the publication's Paris offices on Jan. 7 and shot 12 people dead, setting off a days-long string of terrorist attacks across the country. Charlie Hebdo's cartoonists and writers did release a post-attack issue that sold millions of copies, featuring a cover depicting the prophet Muhammad weeping, NBC News notes.

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Sarah Eberspacher

Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.