TOPSHOTS French President Francois Hollande (L) welcomes French journalists Didier Francois (3L), Edouard Elias (2L), Nicolas Henin (2R) and Pierre Torres (R) taken hostage in Syria last year and freed yesterday, at the Villacoublay air base southwest of Paris on April 20, 2014. Four French journalists, Edouard Elias, Didier Francois, Nicolas Henin and Pierre Torres had been captured in two separate incidents in June last year while covering the conflict in Syria. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS SAMSON