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Since French troops first arrived in Mali on January 11, 2013,
photographer Joe Penney has spent all but one week of 2013
covering the conflict. "The first three weeks were probably the
most intense I have ever worked in my life, and at times, the
most frustrating," Joe says in his personal account here. 50
PHOTOS
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3. People walk past the Grand Mosque of
Djenne, a UNESCO World-Heritage listed
site, in Djenne September 1, 2012.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
March 25, Click to continue
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4. Men do sit-ups next to a luxury
housing construction site in the
upscale Cite du Niger district of
Bamako September 5, 2012.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
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5. Souleymane Traore, 25, stands in
the kitchen of his family home in
Bamako, Mali December 12, 2012.
Toure, a truck driver, had his right
hand amputated by the radical
Islamist group MUJAO in the
northern Malian city of Gao on
September 14 as a punishment for
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stealing weapons. REUTERS/Joe March 25,
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Penney
6. Fanta Diallo, 22, a member of an anti-drug
youth network poses for a picture in Bamako,
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September 18, 2012. REUTERS/Joe Penney March 25, 2013 6
7. A woman wearing a Muslim
headscarf rides a motorcycle across
a bridge in the Malian capital
Bamako September 21, 2012.
REUTERS/Joe Penney March 25, 2013 7 Click to continue
8. Construction worker Bassirou Coulibaly
works on the ceiling of a villa in the Bako-
Djicoroni district of Bamako, Mali
September 19, 2012. REUTERS/Joe Penney
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9. A car drives down a street at sunset
in Bamako, Mali September 21
2012. REUTERS/Joe Penney March 25, 2013 9
10. Day laborer Mamadou Ouedraogo, 22, looks out from
the interior of a luxury hotel under construction in the
upscale Cite du Niger district of Bamako September 22,
2012. REUTERS/Joe Penney March 25, 2013 10
11. Cattle herder Modibo Diallo poses for a
picture at a cattle market in Bobo
Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, September 24
2012. REUTERS/Joe Penney March 25, 2013 11
12. An artisanal gold miner peers into a
small-scale mine where his colleague is
working in Kalana August 26, 2012.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
March 25, 2013 12
14. Onlookers walk past a fire at Ngolonina market
in the Malian capital of Bamako, January 12,
2013. The fire was started after an accident at
a gasoline depot. REUTERS/Joe Penney March 25,
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15. 18-year-old DJ Ibrahima
Dembele poses for a picture
during a wedding in the Malian
capital of Bamako January 13,
2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney March 25,
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16. A health worker (L) draws blood from
Ibrahima Toure, during a blood drive for
Malian soldiers fighting al Qaeda-linked
March 25,
Islamists in northern Mali, in Bamako January 2013
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13, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney
17. A French soldier lies on the ground
during training for emergency first aid
at the Malian army air base in Bamako
January 14, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney March 25, 2013 17
18. A French soldier peers into the barrel of a tank
at a Malian air base in Bamako, January 15
2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney March 25, 2013 18
19. Oumi Sangare washes clothes in a river in Markala, Mali,
where French troops are stationed, January 18, 2013.
Islamist rebels in Mali abandoned the central town of
Diabaly on Friday after fleeing a French air strike, military
sources said, while West African troops arrived in Bamako to March 25, 2013 19
take on the insurgents in Mali's north. REUTERS/Joe Penney
20. A Malian soldier holds papers next to a wall
pockmarked with bullet holes after
searching through debris at a Malian
military camp in Diabaly, Mali, January 21,
March 25,
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21. Donkeys stand in a doorway at a Malian military
camp in Diabaly January 21, 2013. The camp was hit
by French air strikes after it was taken over by al
Qaeda-linked Islamist rebels a week earlier.
REUTERS/Joe Penney March 25,
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22. A Malian soldier dries military uniforms in the
recently liberated town of Diabaly January 24, 2013.
REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
Farmer Gaoussou Traore, 32, poses for a picture in front
of his house in Niono January 21, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
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23. Farmer Djeneba Diarra jumps over a ditch on a
bean farm in Heremakono, Mali January 22,
2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
A child peers into a commercial van waiting at a
military checkpoint in Niono January 21, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
March 25,
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24. Farmer Bintou Samake plants beans
while carrying her son Mahamadou on
her back at a farm in Heremakono,
Mali, January 22, 2013. REUTERS/Joe
Penney March 25,
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25. The remains of pickup trucks believed to belong
to Islamist rebels and were hit by French air
strikes are reflected in a man's sunglasses in
March 25,
Diabaly January 23, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney 2013
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26. A Malian soldier wounded at the frontline
receives medical treatment at a military clinic in
Kati January 27, 2013.
REUTERS/Malin Palm
French soldiers prepare the security zone of
the Bamako airport January 23, 2013.
REUTERS/Malin Palm
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27. Dembele, a day laborer, lights a cigarette at
a sugar cane plantation in Siribala, Mali,
March 25,
January 24, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney 2013
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28. A French armored vehicle drives towards
the recently liberated town of Diabaly, in
Segou January 24, 2013. REUTERS/Joe
March 25,
Penney 2013
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29. Malian soldier Ousmane Cisse
stands guard on an open road
outside Sevare, Mali, January 27,
2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney March 25,
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30. Maxwell Owura lies on a hospital bed in Niono,
January 19, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
A charred body believed to be an Islamist rebel
burnt by inhabitants of Konna, according to local
residents, is seen in the recently liberated town of
Konna January 27, 2013.
REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
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31. A man prays in the recently liberated
March 25,
town of Douentza January 28, 2013. 2013
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REUTERS/Joe Penney
32. French soldiers ride on a jeep on a road near
the frontline in their conflict with Islamists
just outside Niono, January 19, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
Resident Ousmane Togo is reflected on a piece of broken
mirror as he surveys the remains of a hotel hit by
French air strikes in Douentza, Mali January 29, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
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33. A boy holds a homemade French flag in the
recently liberated town of Douentza, Mali
January 29, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney March 25,
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34. Malian soldiers wave to their colleagues driving to Gao (not pictured) as
they leave the recently liberated town of Douentza January 30, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney March 25,
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35. Women sort fish caught in the
Timbuktu region at a port in
Mopti January 31, 2013.
March 25,
REUTERS/Joe Penney 2013
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37. Malians celebrate on their motorcycles a
visit by France's President Francois
Hollande in Bamako, Mali February 2,
March 25,
2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney 2013
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38. People gather to greet French
President Francois Hollande during
his two-hour-long visit to Timbuktu
February 2, 2013.
REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Malians attend Friday prayers at the Djinguereber
mosque in the center of Timbuktu February 1, 2013.
REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
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39. A Malian man painted in the colours of the French
flag and with the words reading: "Thank you France"
stands next to a crowd before the arrival of France's
President Francois Hollande at the Independence
Plaza in Bamako, Mali February 2, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
France's President Francois Hollande (C) flanked by
Mali's interim president Dioncounda Traore (2ndL),
visit the Djingareyber Mosque in Timbuktu during his
one-day visit in Mali, February 2, 2013.
REUTERS/Fred Dufour/Pool
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40. A Malian army officer perspires as France's President
Francois Hollande (L) looks at a crowd in
Independence Plaza in Bamako, Mali February 2, March 25,
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2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney
41. Caterers and security guards prepare for the
arrival of France's President Francois Hollande
at the presidential palace in Bamako, Mali
February 2, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney
March 25,
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42. A Malian man painted in the colours of the French
flag and with the words reading: "Welcome the
savior Francois Hollande" poses for a picture
before the arrival of France's President Francois
Hollande at the Independence Plaza in Bamako,
Mali February 2, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney
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43. Pierre, a Catholic believer, poses for a picture after
attending Ash Wednesday mass in Bamako February 13,
2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
Malian soldiers crouch behind arched doorways during
gun battles with Islamist insurgents in the northern city
of Gao, Mali February 10, 2013.
REUTERS/Francois Rihouay
March 25,
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44. A street vendor smiles next to a mural of Jesus Christ
on the wall of a colonial-era cathedral in Bamako
March 25,
February 12, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney 2013
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45. A Malian soldier checks for identification
papers from bus passengers at a checkpoint March 25,
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in Gossi February 19, 2013. REUTERS/Joe 2013
Penney
46. A girl plays basketball in the "Sharia Square",
now Independence Plaza, in Gao February
19, 2013. "Sharia Square" was where public
amputations under radical Islamist group March 25,
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MUJAO took place. REUTERS/Joe Penney
47. A Malian soldier stands guard at the
port in Gao February 20, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
Gao resident Almahdi Abderrahmane poses for a
picture next to debris where jihadists and French and
Malian forces fought at the former Islamic police
headquarters in Gao February 20, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
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48. Boys play on the roof of the entrance to
a football stadium in Gao February 20,
March 25,
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49. A Malian soldier runs past smoke from a petrol
station on fire during fighting with Islamists in
Gao February 21, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
A French soldier aims his sniper rifle during fighting with
Islamists in Gao February 21, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
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50. A Malian soldier carrying machine gun
ammunition jumps over a fence during fighting
with Islamists in Gao, February 21, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
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51. Children run home from school after
hearing gunfire and explosions in Gao
March 25,
February 21, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney 2013
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52. Malian soldiers fire a machine gun in Gao,
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53. Shopkeeper Abderrahmane Maiga stands in
front of his destroyed general shop in Gao
February 23, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney
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54. Shopkeeper Soumaila Maiga poses for
a picture in front of freshly painted
shelves in the shop where he works
in Gao, Mali February 24, 2013.
March 25,
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55. A military police officer sits at a military
police station in Gao February 23, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
Men smoke in a room in Gao, Mali, February 24, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
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56. A Belgian medical evacuation helicopter takes off
during a demonstration for Belgian Defence Minister
Pieter De Crem at the French military headquarters
at a Malian air base in Gao February 26, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
A French soldier stands next to an armored vehicle
during an operation to collect explosives found in a
house in Gao February 27, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
March 25,
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57. A civil society leader gestures while talking with
a French soldier after a meeting between French
military and senior civil society leaders in Gao,
Mali February 25, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
Radical Islamists arrested by French and Malian authorities in
Timbuktu region sit in handcuffs in the military police
headquarters in Gao, Mali February 26, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
March 25,
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58. Residents look at the remains of vehicles which they
said belonged to radical Islamist group MUJAO, after
they were hit by French air strikes in the town of Gao
January 27, 2013. Picture taken January 27, 2013.
REUTERS/Adama Diarra
A Malian man smokes a cigarette in front of a shop with Malian
and French flags hung outside in Timbuktu January 31, 2013.
REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
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59. A man walks past the destroyed former
customs building, which was used as a base by
radical Islamists, in Gao February 28, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
A French soldier guards an outpost with a FR-F2
sniper rifle on the road to the airport, where
French troops are based, in Gao February 12, 2013.
Picture taken February 12, 2013.
REUTERS/Francois Rihouay
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60. Malian soldiers pitch a tent next to the Niger
River in Gao February 28, 2013. REUTERS/Joe
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62. Malian soldiers ride a canoe to the
village of Kadji in Gao March 1, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
Malian soldiers patrol in the
village of Kadji March 1, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
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63. A French soldier talks to children in the
destroyed main market in Gao, March 2, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
A French soldier walks in the destroyed
main market in Gao, March 2, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
March 25,
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64. Ethnic Tuareg Malian soldiers under the
command of Col. El Hadj Ag Gamou pose
for a picture at a checkpoint in Gao,
March 3, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
A boy casts a net to fish in the Niger
River in Gao March 4, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
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65. A city worker paints over a sign reading
"Sharia Square" in Gao March 3, 2013.
REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun
Malian soldiers conduct a search of a passenger
vehicle at a checkpoint in Gao, March 3, 2013.
REUTERS/Joe Penney
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66. Men ride a camel in Gao, Mali, March
5, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney
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67. Ethnic Tuareg Malian soldiers,
under the command of Col.
El Hadj Ag Gamou, occupy a
former petrol station in Gao
March 4, 2013. REUTERS/Joe
Penney March 25,
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68. Girls walk to school in Gao, Mali March 7 2013. March 25,
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69. Balkissa Maiga, 17, wears a traditional Songhai headdress
made by artisan Hally Bara in Gao, Mali, March 6, 2013.
Radical Islamist group MUJAO placed limitations on the
wearing of traditional women's headdresses during their
nine-month reign in Gao, which ended in January with the
arrival of French and Malian troops. The headdresses,
made of beads, gemstones, fabric and fake hair and
traditionally worn by elites for special occasions, were
criticised by MUJAO who said they were not Islamic
enough. Issues surrounding the treatment of women are
receiving special attention on March 8, which marks
International Women’s Day. REUTERS/Joe Penney
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70. People walking down the street are seen
through a large tyre in Gao March 12, 2013.
March 25,
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A girl walks on the ledge of a mud brick house in
Gao March 13, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney March 25, 2013
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