GOCHAS, 20 January 2026 - Minister of Education, Sanet Steenkamp, officially opened the Namaqua Kalahari Children’s Hope Hostel at Gochas on Tuesday. The hostel was donated by the Spanish-based ‘Foundawtion’ organisation. (Photo: Contributed)

ONDANGWA, 20 JANUARY 2026 - The Ondangwa Town Council has expressed concern over the increasing vandalism of street and road regulatory signs within the town, warning that the acts pose safety risks to road users and place an unnecessary financial burden on the local authority. (Photo: Contributed)

WINDHOEK, 17 January 2026 - UNHCR country representative Kavita Belani (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

EPUKIRO, 14 January 2026 - Epukiro Secondary School's staff celebrates the school's achievement in the Grade 12 NSSCAS results. (Photo: Contributed)

White crosses marking graves stand in a snow-covered cemetery overlooking the sea in Nuuk, Greenland, on January 20, 2026. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)

Residents protest against the restart of Tokyo Electric Power Company's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata, Niigata Prefecture on January 21, 2026. The world's biggest nuclear power plant was restarted January 21, 2026 for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, its Japanese operator said, despite persistent safety concerns among residents. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP) / Japan OUT

President of the parliamentary group of the French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party, Marine Le Pen leaves during a break during her appeal trial on charges of embezzlement of European public funds in a case of alleged European Parliament fake jobs in Paris the Palais de Justice de Paris on January 21, 2026. Le Pen is called to the stand in the appeal trial in Paris of the parliamentary assistants of the National Front, where she is playing for her candidacy for the 2027 presidential election. Twelve of the accused, as well as the far-right party itself, have appealed against the verdict while another 12 people -- including one of Le Pen's sisters -- have decided to accept their convictions without appealing. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)

President of the parliamentary group of the French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party, Marine Le Pen leaves during a break during her appeal trial on charges of embezzlement of European public funds in a case of alleged European Parliament fake jobs in Paris the Palais de Justice de Paris on January 21, 2026. Le Pen is called to the stand in the appeal trial in Paris of the parliamentary assistants of the National Front, where she is playing for her candidacy for the 2027 presidential election. Twelve of the accused, as well as the far-right party itself, have appealed against the verdict while another 12 people -- including one of Le Pen's sisters -- have decided to accept their convictions without appealing. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)