France's President Francois Hollande (C) flanked by Mali's interim president Dioncounda Traore (R) and UNESCO general director Irina Bokova of Bulgaria (L) visit the archives where documents were burnt in Timbuktu, the second step of his one-day visit in Mali, on February 2, 2013. Islamists had torched the building housing priceless ancient manuscripts as they fled the town. ©AFP PHOTO / POOL / FRED DUFOUR