MILITARY PICTURE OF THE DAY

AFP/Getty 516910725 A French Army sniper watches 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. (Eric Feferberg/Getty Images) AFP/Getty Images