RUNDU, 03 October 2026 - Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare speaking during the ninth Rundu Town Council fundraising gala dinner on Saturday. (Photo by: Sawi Hausiku) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 03 October 2026 - In an effort to ensure a successful World Mental Health Day commemoration this coming Friday, the Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services, Suzan Ndjaleka led a group of energetic youth to clean the ministry’s Mental Health Unit on Saturday. (Photo: Contributed)

WINDHOEK, 03 October 2026 - In an effort to ensure a successful World Mental Health Day commemoration this coming Friday, the Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services, Suzan Ndjaleka led a group of energetic youth to clean the ministry’s Mental Health Unit on Saturday. (Photo: Contributed)

KARIBIB, 02 October 2026 - Underground mining activities at Navachab Gold Mine. (Photo by: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

KARIBIB, 02 October 2026 - Underground mining activities at Navachab Gold Mine. (Photo by: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

KARIBIB, 02 October 2026 - Navachab Gold Mine Managing Director demonstrating an underground mining production to journalists. (Photo by: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

Karibib, 02 October 2026- Navachab Gold Mine Pit. (Photo by Eba Kandovazu). NAMPA

Karibib, 02 October 2026- George Botshiwe, Managing Director of Navachab Gold Mine. (Photo by Eba Kandovazu). NAMPA

(261005) -- VIENTIANE, Oct. 5, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Sonexay Siphandone is elected as president of the Lao National Assembly during the second ordinary session of the 10th Lao National Assembly in Vientiane, Laos, Oct. 5, 2026. The second ordinary session of the 10th Lao National Assembly elected Deputy Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith as prime minister, and elected Sonexay Siphandone, former prime minister, as President of the Lao National Assembly on Monday. (Lao News Agency/Handout via Xinhua)

(261005) -- VIENTIANE, Oct. 5, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Saleumxay Kommasith is elected as prime minister during the second ordinary session of the 10th Lao National Assembly in Vientiane, Laos, Oct. 5, 2026. The second ordinary session of the 10th Lao National Assembly elected Deputy Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith as prime minister, and elected Sonexay Siphandone, former prime minister, as President of the Lao National Assembly on Monday. (Lao News Agency/Handout via Xinhua)

(261005) -- VIENTIANE, Oct. 5, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Newly elected President of the Lao National Assembly Sonexay Siphandone (R, front) congratulates Saleumxay Kommasith on being elected as prime minister during the second ordinary session of the 10th Lao National Assembly in Vientiane, Laos, Oct. 5, 2026. The second ordinary session of the 10th Lao National Assembly elected Deputy Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith as prime minister, and elected Sonexay Siphandone, former prime minister, as President of the Lao National Assembly on Monday. (Lao News Agency/Handout via Xinhua)

(261005) -- VIENTIANE, Oct. 5, 2026 (Xinhua) -- General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith (R, front) congratulates Sonexay Siphandone on being elected as president of the Lao National Assembly during the second ordinary session of the 10th Lao National Assembly in Vientiane, Laos, Oct. 5, 2026. The second ordinary session of the 10th Lao National Assembly elected Deputy Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith as prime minister, and elected Sonexay Siphandone, former prime minister, as President of the Lao National Assembly on Monday. (Lao News Agency/Handout via Xinhua)

AI researcher Jacob Coxon testifies at a city council hearing in New York on October 5, 2026. Coxon previously worked for Open AI and Anthropic has warned that AI labs were "gambling with our lives". (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

AI researcher Jacob Coxon testifies at a city council hearing in New York on October 5, 2026. Coxon previously worked for Open AI and Anthropic has warned that AI labs were "gambling with our lives". (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

AI researcher Jacob Coxon testifies at a city council hearing in New York on October 5, 2026. Coxon previously worked for Open AI and Anthropic has warned that AI labs were "gambling with our lives". (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic leaves the court after Russia’s Daniil Medvedev was disqualified for hitting a ball into the stands, injuring a spectator, during their men’s singles semi-final at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing on October 5, 2026. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)