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Residents of Timbuktu encourage workers restoring the City of 333 Saints' Great Mosque 10 April 2006 prior to the Maouloud festival, marking the birth of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed. The Djingareyber Mosque was built by the Sultan of Mali, Kankan Moussa, on his return from a pilgrimage to Mecca in 1325. AFP PHOTO ISSOUF SANOGO (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images)

Residents of Timbuktu encourage workers restoring the City of 333 Saints' Great Mosque 10 April 2006 prior to the Maouloud festival, marking the birth of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed. The Djingareyber Mosque was built by the Sultan of Mali, Kankan Moussa, on his return from a pilgrimage to Mecca in 1325.  AFP PHOTO ISSOUF SANOGO        (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images)