OSHAKATI, 09 July 2025 - Newly appointed governor Hofni Iipinge and former governor Elia Irimari during the welcoming ceremony of the governor on Wednesday. (Photo: Maria David)NAMPA
SWAKOPMUND, 08 July 2025 - T12 female sprinter, Ndapewa iipinge and guide Filipus Kotokeni while in action dureing the final of the 100 metres race and the Veneta Stadium during the African Union Sport Council (AUSC) Region Five Youth Games in Swakopmund. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA
SWAKOPMUND, 09 July 2025 - T12 female sprinter, Ndapewa iipinge and guide Filipus Kotokeni while in action dureing the final of the 100 metres race and the Veneta Stadium during the African Union Sport Council (AUSC) Region Five Youth Games in Swakopmund. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA
SWAKOPMUND, 09 July 2025 – One of the Namibian swimmers pictured ahead of a race during the African Union Sports Council (AUSC) Region Five Games, at the Cube swimming centre in Swakopmund. (Photo: Contributed)
WINDHOEK, 09 July 2025 - The Indian community in Namibia welcoming India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi in Windhoek. (Photo by: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA
WINDHOEK, 09 July 2025 - The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, arrived in Namibia on Wednesday for a one-day state visit. (Photo by: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA
WINDHOEK, 09 July 2025 - The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, arrived in Namibia on Wednesday for a one-day state visit. (Photo by: Edward Tenete) NAMPA
RUNDU, 08 July 2025 - The Chief Executive Officer of the Rundu Town Council, Olavi Nathael. (Photo: Contributed)
(250719) -- BEIJING, July 19, 2025 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on July 17, 2025 shows paddy rice fields in Fujin City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Chen Yichen)
(250719) -- BEIJING, July 19, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A girl visits a science fiction-themed planetary science experience exhibition at China Building Science Museum in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, July 18, 2025. The exhibition opened here on Friday featuring over 10 interactive exhibits and more than 30 meteorites on display. It will last until March 29, 2026. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
(250719) -- BEIJING, July 19, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Wang Zhiyi celebrates winning the women's singles quarterfinal match between Wang Zhiyi of China and Putri Kusuma Wardani of Indonesia at the Japan Badminton Open 2025 in Tokyo, Japan, July 18, 2025. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
(250719) -- BEIJING, July 19, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Artists perform during the World Circus Art Festival "IDOL-2025" in Moscow, Russia, on July 17, 2025. The festival is held here from July 17 to 20. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/Xinhua)
(250719) -- BEIJING, July 19, 2025 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on July 18, 2025 shows a construction site of the middle span of the continuous beam for Baoding East super major bridge of the Xiong'an-Xinzhou high-speed railway, which crosses over the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao expressway, in Baoding, north China's Hebei Province. The middle span built by China Railway 14th Bureau Group Co., Ltd. was successfully closed on Friday. The Xiong'an-Xinzhou high-speed railway is an important section of Beijing-Kunming high-speed railway that belongs to a greater high-speed rail artery network consisting eight vertical lines and eight horizontal lines in the country. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)
(250719) -- LHASA, July 19, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A member of an expert team on experimental repairing of Pattra-leaf Scriptures grinds pigments for repairing at Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, May 25, 2025. Pattra-leaf Scriptures, or scriptures written on pattra leaves (often in Sanskrit), is important reference documents for research on the cultural broadcasting and history of south and central Asia. Their contents not only cover Buddhism classics, but also relate to cultures, arts, philosophy, medical science and astronomy. The Potala Palace houses nearly 40,000 collections of ancient books and documents in multiple languages. Among the most significant collections are scriptures written on around 30,000 pattra leaves, which, however, have posed for great challenges for repairing due to long time of wearing. In 2018, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH) started the protection project for ancient documents such as Pattra-leaf Scriptures at Potala Palace. After several years of researches and exploration, experts have made achievement on the repairing of Pattra-leaf Scriptures, discovering the right pattra materials for fixing, ways of making adhesives and colour repairing. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)
(250719) -- LHASA, July 19, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A member of an expert team on experimental repairing of Pattra-leaf Scriptures works on pattra leaves at Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, May 25, 2025. Pattra-leaf Scriptures, or scriptures written on pattra leaves (often in Sanskrit), is important reference documents for research on the cultural broadcasting and history of south and central Asia. Their contents not only cover Buddhism classics, but also relate to cultures, arts, philosophy, medical science and astronomy. The Potala Palace houses nearly 40,000 collections of ancient books and documents in multiple languages. Among the most significant collections are scriptures written on around 30,000 pattra leaves, which, however, have posed for great challenges for repairing due to long time of wearing. In 2018, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH) started the protection project for ancient documents such as Pattra-leaf Scriptures at Potala Palace. After several years of researches and exploration, experts have made achievement on the repairing of Pattra-leaf Scriptures, discovering the right pattra materials for fixing, ways of making adhesives and colour repairing. (Xinhua/Tenzing Nima Qadhup)
(250719) -- LHASA, July 19, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A member of an expert team on experimental repairing of Pattra-leaf Scriptures works on pattra leaves at Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, May 25, 2025. Pattra-leaf Scriptures, or scriptures written on pattra leaves (often in Sanskrit), is important reference documents for research on the cultural broadcasting and history of south and central Asia. Their contents not only cover Buddhism classics, but also relate to cultures, arts, philosophy, medical science and astronomy. The Potala Palace houses nearly 40,000 collections of ancient books and documents in multiple languages. Among the most significant collections are scriptures written on around 30,000 pattra leaves, which, however, have posed for great challenges for repairing due to long time of wearing. In 2018, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH) started the protection project for ancient documents such as Pattra-leaf Scriptures at Potala Palace. After several years of researches and exploration, experts have made achievement on the repairing of Pattra-leaf Scriptures, discovering the right pattra materials for fixing, ways of making adhesives and colour repairing. (Xinhua/Li He)