ONGWEDIVA, 24 August 2026 - Members of the Northern Namibia Farmers Seed Grower Cooperative exhibiting at the 25th Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair. (Photo: Esther Gabriel) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 24 August 2026 - Former police commissioner, Ndahangwapo Kashihakumwa, (L) and former Chief of the Namibian Defence Force, Lt General (rtd) Martin Shali. (Photo: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 24 August 2026 - Waluka Sibungo speaking on behalf of the family of the late Brendan Simbwaye during a ceremony in which Simbwaye received a symbolic grave at Heroes' Acre because his remains have not been located after his death. (Photo: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 24 August 2026 – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Monday led scores of Namibians from diverse backgrounds at Heroes' Acre in Windhoek to mark the reinterment of eight esteemed liberation fighters, closing a painful century-long chapter of exile. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 24 August 2026 – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Monday led scores of Namibians from diverse backgrounds at Heroes' Acre in Windhoek to mark the reinterment of eight esteemed liberation fighters, closing a painful century-long chapter of exile. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 24 August 2026 - South African Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Angelina Motshekga, speaking during the reburial of eight Namibian liberation struggle heroes at Heroes' Acre. (Photo: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

MARIENTAL, 24 August 2026 - Participants conduct a practical neonatal resuscitation session during training by Unam for health workers in Mariental, Hardap Region. (Photo: Joe-Chintha Garises)Nampa

TSANDI, 30 June 2026 - Tatekulu Festus Amukwa Shikalepo pictured at his homestead at the Omugulugombashe village. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

25 August 2026, Brandenburg, Neuhardenberg: Greenpeace activists hung a sign reading "Merz, Put Out the Fire" on a fire truck during a climate change protest held on the sidelines of the German government's closed-door meeting. The German government is gathering in Neuhardenberg for a two-day closed-door meeting. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa

FILED - 26 March 2024, Hesse, Frankfurt/M.: File Photo - Television pundit and former German international Lothar Matthaeus looks on inside the stadium prior to the international friendly soccer match between Germany and the Netherlands at Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt. Photo: Tom Weller/dpa

24 August 2026, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Emergency responders are investigating the crime scene after a 41-year-old man was shot. A 41-year-old man was injured by at least one gunshot in Cologne-Muelheim. Shortly after the attack, police were able to apprehend a suspect. Photo: Jan Ohmen/dpa

(260825) -- KABUL, Aug. 25, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A vendor displays a ring inlaid with a gemstone at his shop in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 23, 2026. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghan gemstones seek new luster through global trade" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

(260825) -- KABUL, Aug. 25, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A worker cuts a gemstone at a small shop in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 23, 2026. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghan gemstones seek new luster through global trade" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

(260825) -- KABUL, Aug. 25, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Rings inlaid with gemstones are pictured at a store in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 23, 2026. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghan gemstones seek new luster through global trade" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

(260825) -- KABUL, Aug. 25, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 23, 2026 shows gemstones at a shop in Kabul, Afghanistan. TO GO WITH "Feature: Afghan gemstones seek new luster through global trade" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

Muslim devotees eat after praying to mark the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad at the Islamic Committee in Thailand's troubled southern Narathiwat province on August 25, 2026. (Photo by Madaree TOHLALA / AFP)