A man looks on January 31, 2013 at a vehicle, belonging to Islamists of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), that was destroyed by French air strikes in the northern Malian city of Gao. The city that was controlled by Islamists, who applied Islamic sharia law, was retaken on January 26 by French and Malian troops in a major boost to the French-led offensive against the Al Qaeda-linked rebels, who have been holding Mali's vast desert north since last April. AFP PHOTO / SIA KAMBOU