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

The artist turned politician wore Tricolour pencils in his breast pocket

(Edi Rama)

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.