Updated - The first edition of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo sold out across France today, a week after the bloody attack on its offices.
The new magazine carries a front cover cartoon of a crying Prophet Mohammed in defiance of the gunmen who slaughtered 12 people at its Paris offices over its depictions of the Islamic spiritual leader.
As queues formed to buy the magazine the leader of an al Qaida branch in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack claiming the massacre was "vengeance for the prophet". Nasr al-Ansi, of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, said the branch had chosen, planned and financed the massacre.
Three million copies of the magazine were printed, its largest-ever run, with translations into English, Spanish and Arabic, and versions available in the UK, Italy and Turkey.
The first batch of around 500,000 copies were quickly snapped up by customers and it has been reported that the print run is being increased to five million to be distributed throughout the next fortnight.
Copies have already found their way on to eBay where they are attracting four-figure bids, well in excess of the modest three-euro cover price.
Charlie Hebdo's editor-in-chief Gerard Biard said the latest edition had been "drawn up in pain and joy".
The magazine shows Mohammed against a green background with a tear streaming down his cheek, holding a sign reading Je Suis Charlie - the I Am Charlie rallying cry that has been used as a show of unity in the wake of the attacks.
The headline carries the phrase Tout Est Pardonne (All Is Forgiven), which French media have interpreted to mean Mohammed is forgiving the cartoonists for lampooning him.
Charlie Hebdo cartoonist Renald "Luz" Luzier said he had drawn Mohammed as a "man who is crying".
"We are cartoonists and we like drawing little characters, just as we were as children," he said.
"The terrorists, they were kids, they drew just like we did, just like all children do. At one point they lost their sense of humour. At one point they lost the soul of their child which allowed them to look at the world with a certain distance.
"I'm sorry we've drawn him yet again but the Mohammed we've drawn is a man who is crying."