NEU-SCHWABEN, 14 August 2026 -

Cape Town, 13 August 2026- Members of the Namibian government delegation, family members, and community representatives pose for a group photo at the cemetery following the successful exhumation of liberation struggle hero Festus Nehale in Cape Town, South Africa, on Thursday, 13 August 2026. (Photo Contributed: MICT) NAMPA

KATIMA MULILO, 14 August 2026 – Bush Bucks FC head coach Budstyn Mutau says the 2025/2026 Namport Zambezi Regional Second Division League champions are ready for the new challenge in the first division. (Photo: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

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WINDHOEK, 13 August 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah speaking during the commemoration of the centenary of the birth of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

STAMPRIET, 13 August 2026 - Hardap Regional Council Chairperson, Simon Kooper. (Photo: Joe-Chintha Garises) Nampa

ETANGA, 13 August 2026 - Kunene Governor Vipuakuje Muharukua addressing the gathering during World Day Against Trafficking in Persons commemoration at Etanga village. (Photos: Contributed) NAMPA

CAPE TOWN, 12 August 2026 – A Namibian traditional practitioner performs a spiritual cleansing ritual alongside members of the Namibian delegation in Cape Town. Cultural rites form a pivotal part of the exhumation process to honour the spirits of fallen liberation heroes Simon Petrus Niilenge, Festus Nehale, and their comrades before their repatriation back home. (Photo Contributed: MICT) NAMPA

(260816) -- BEIJING, Aug. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Black-faced spoonbills are pictured within a protected area in Incheon, South Korea, May 18, 2026. TO GO WITH XINHUA HEADLINES ON AUGUST 16, 2026. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

(260816) -- BEIJING, Aug. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Black-faced spoonbills are pictured at Mai Po Nature Reserve in Hong Kong, south China, Feb. 8, 2026. TO GO WITH XINHUA HEADLINES ON AUGUST 16, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhu Wei)

(260816) -- BEIJING, Aug. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Flamingos fly over Tiaozini wetland in Dongtai, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 8, 2025. TO GO WITH XINHUA HEADLINES ON AUGUST 16, 2026. (Photo by Sun Jialu/Xinhua)

(260816) -- BEIJING, Aug. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on July 23, 2026 shows the Futian mangrove wetland in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. TO GO WITH XINHUA HEADLINES ON AUGUST 16, 2026. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)

(260816) -- BEIJING, Aug. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A rehabilitated white-naped crane, a first-class protected species in China, takes off in the Nandagang wetland in Cangzhou, north China's Hebei Province, April 29, 2026. TO GO WITH XINHUA HEADLINES ON AUGUST 16, 2026. (Photo by Fu Xinchun/Xinhua)

(260816) -- BEIJING, Aug. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken in January 2019 shows a single bird with a tiny leg tag numbered "U72" in the Sibugay Wetland Nature Reserve in the Philippines. TO GO WITH XINHUA HEADLINES ON AUGUST 16, 2026. (Sibugay Wetland Nature Reserve/Handout via Xinhua)

(260816) -- BEIJING, Aug. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken in January 2026 shows a flock of birds over the gulf of Mottama, Myanmar. TO GO WITH XINHUA HEADLINES ON AUGUST 16, 2026. (Xinhua)

Germany's swimmer Maya Werner (R) and Germany's swimmer Isabel Gose competes during a heat for the women's 400m freestyle swimming event during the LEN European Aquatics Championships at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in Saint-Denis, northern suburbs of Paris, on August 16, 2026. (Photo by Sébastien BOZON / AFP)