Check out January’s best hard news coverage in 40 seconds

The year of 2015 began with a firework induced bang. From the Charlie Hebdo shootings and attacks in Paris to the resulting “Je suis Charlie” solidarity shows and the protests opposing the magazine printing a cover with a Muhammad cartoon. Protests in Haiti and Bahrain, scuffles at PEGIDA demonstrations in Germany, escalating violence in Ukraine, and Greece voting in the leftist, anti-austerity party, Syriza. Check out #Ruptly’s best of January compilation. -------------------------------------------------