A statue of a hippopotamus is covered with election posters at a traffic circle in Bamako, Mali, Tuesday November 19, 2013. Mali is scheduled to hold parliamentary elections on Sunday, November 24, 2013, in an effort to finalize a return to democracy after a 2012 military coup. Last week residents reported an increase in armed Tuareg rebels in the northern Mali town of Kidal, underscoring the security risks that remain even after a French-led military intervention ousted al-Qaida-linked militants from the major towns in the region. (Photo by Jerome Delay/AP Photo)
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