Pictures from Mali's conflict and French intervention
A fish market is seen through a hole in the wall in Konna, Mali, January 27, 2013.
Malian soldiers yell fighting with jihadists in Gao, Mali, February 21, 2013.
French soldiers wait for France's Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to arrive at a French military encampment at a Malian air base in Gao March 7, 2013.
A Malian soldier walks through dust kicked up by fighting with jihadists in Gao, Mali, February 21, 2013.
Men walk by a building damaged by fighting between the Malian army and jihadists in Gao, Mali, March 13, 2013.
A soccer team jogs in front of a French armored vehicle in Timbuktu, Mali, November 5, 2014.
French, Malian, and Burkinabe soldiers pose for a picture with notables in Agouni, a village 30 kilometers north of Timbuktu, Mali, November 5, 2014.
French soldiers armored vehicle in Timbuktu, Mali,November 5, 2014.
Yacouba Konate, 56, wears a French flag to show his support for the French military intervention in Mali in the Malian capital of Bamako January 13, 2013.
A French soldier sends a text message in front of a restaurant in Niono January 20, 2013.
A Malian soldier smokes a cigarette in the recently liberated town of Douentza, Mali, January 30, 2013.
Malian soldiers ride a canoe to the village of Kadji in Gao March 1, 2013.
A Malian soldier smokes a cigarette in a military pick up truck in Gao March 1, 2013.
Shopkeeper Mohamed Toure enters his destroyed shop at the main market in Gao February 23, 2013. The market was destroyed during fighting between Islamists and the Malian and French armies.
A French soldier walks past women outside the destroyed main market in Gao, March 2, 2013.
A boy holds a homemade French flag in the recently liberated town of Douentza, Mali January 29, 2013.
A national guardsman stands guard on the roof of the Grand Mosque during Eid al-Fitr prayers in Bamako August 8, 2013.
A Malian national guardsman takes up a post along a street outside the Grand Mosque before Eid al-Fitr prayers in Bamako August 8, 2013.
A Malian army officer perspires as France's President Francois Hollande (L) looks at a crowd in Independence Plaza in Bamako, Mali February 2, 2013.
A Malian soldier wears a belt of ammunition around his neck before going to the village of Kadji in Gao, Mali, March 1, 2013.
A room is seen inside the Radisson hotel after it was attacked by Al-Qaeda militants in Bamako, Mali, November 20, 2015.
A soldier patrols outside the Radisson hotel after it was attacked by Al-Qaeda militants in Bamako, Mali, November 20, 2015.