Alleged Al-Qaeda-linked Islamist leader Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi (R) looks on during an appearance at the International Criminal Court in The Hague on August 22, 2016, at the start of his trial on charges of involvement in the destruction of historic mausoleums in the Malian desert city of Timbuktu. Prosecutors allege that Al Mahdi was a member of an al Qaida-linked occupying force that destroyed most of Timbuktu's World Heritage-listed mausoleums in 2012. / AFP PHOTO / ANP / Patrick post / Netherlands OUT