Trial of Radovan Karadzic

Suspected war criminal and former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic smiles as he takes his seat on the defense bench in a courtroom to start his defense at the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, Oct. 16, 2012.

Radovan Karadzic enters the courtroom on the first day of his defense against war crime charges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague October 16, 2012.

Radovan Karadzic, standing at left, talks to Marko Sladojevic, left, a member of his legal team while his legal advisor Peter Robinson, right, prepares ahead of the start of Karadzic's defense.

The photo of Radovan Karadzic on the left was taken on October 16, 2012 while the photo on the right was taken during his earlier trial in November of 2009. The contrast in his appearance from three years ago is apparent in this photo.