TOPSHOTS A Malian soldier checks driver and vehicle on February 1, 2013, at the entrance of Gaos. President Francois Hollande visits Mali on February 2, as French-led troops worked to secure the last Islamist stronghold in the north after a lightning offensive against the extremists. Gao's light-skinned Arab and Tuareg residents face the violent anger of their black neighbours since French and Malian troops reclaimed the city from the rebels of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) on January 26. AFP PHOTO/ SIA KAMBOU