A man rinses woven trays in the Niger River in Mali's capial, Bamako, on Saturday morning, April 28, 2007. Mali, twice the size of France, is one of the world's poorest countries, ranking 175 out of 177 in the United Nations Development Program's human development report. Eight candidates including one woman and the current head of state, Amadou Toumani Toure, are seeking the next five-year presidential term in Sunday's election. More than 1,000 international observers will monitor the elections in the shadow of last week's flawed polls in Nigeria.