TOPSHOTS A French Army sniper watches on January 30, 2013 with his FR 12/7 PGM rifle the area around Timbuktu airport two days after French-led forces recaptured the northern Malian desert city. French troops on January 30 entered Kidal, the last Islamist bastion in Mali's north after a whirlwind Paris-led offensive, as France urged peace talks to douse ethnic tensions targeting Arabs and Tuaregs. AFP PHOTO / ERIC FEFERBERG