KATIMA MULILO, 30 January 2025 - Simataa Mubonda (left) the chairperson of the Bukalo Village Council pictured earlier this year during the official handover of school mattresses to a school where he also serves as school board chairperson (Photo by: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

OUTJO, 01 December 2025 - Kunene Region Governor, Vipuakuje Muharukua (Photo by: Dalene Kooper) NAMPA

OTJIWARONGO, 01 December 2025 - A section of community members at the 2025 commemoration of World Aids Day on Monday at Otjiwarongo in the Otjozondjupa. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

OTJIWARONGO, 01 December 2025 - Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao (L) launched the new guidelines for handling HIV/Aids and mother to child transmission documents at the 2025 commemoration of World Aids Day on Monday. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

CORRECTION / This photograph shows a sign reading "I save as much CO2 as three electric cars" during the demonstration of wood boilers to demand their reintegration into MaPrimeRenov's state aid, at the call of the French Biomass Boiler Manufacturers' Union (SFCB), in Paris, on December 4, 2025. (Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP) / “The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by Thibaud MORITZ has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [December 4] instead of [December 3]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention from all your online services and delete it from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require.”

CORRECTION / A protester (C) speaks to the audience during the demonstration of wood boilers to demand their reintegration into MaPrimeRenov's state aid, at the call of the French Biomass Boiler Manufacturers' Union (SFCB), in Paris, on December 4, 2025. (Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP) / “The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by Thibaud MORITZ has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [December 4] instead of [December 3]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention from all your online services and delete it from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require.”

Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad Al-Shaibani (front R) arrives to attend a reception with United Nations Security Council delegation at the Presidential Palace in Damascus on December 4, 2025. A United Nations Security Council delegation arrived in Syria on December 4, state media reported, the first-ever visit to the country just days before the anniversary of the ousting of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. The delegation arrived via the Jdeidet Yabus border crossing between Lebanon and Syria and "is scheduled to meet a number of Syrian officials" and members of civil society, state news agency SANA reported. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)

This photo taken on November 25, 2025, shows a man working at a plastic waste dump in a village on the outskirts of Hanoi. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)