Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
French and Burkinabe officers inspect burned vehicles outside the Splendid Hotel in Ouagadougou
French and Burkinabe officers inspect burned vehicles outside the Splendid Hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, January 17, 2016, a day after security forces retook the hotel from al Qaeda fighters who seized it in an assault that killed at least 28 people from at least seven countries and marked a major escalation of Islamist militancy in West Africa. REUTERS/Joe Penney