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

CAPE TOWN, 12 August 2026 – Delegates walk through the concourse of the Iziko Museum in Cape Town during the official mission to coordinate the exhumation and repatriation of Namibian liberation combatants, including Simon Petrus Niilenge and Festus Nehale. (Photo Contributed: MICT) NAMPA

CAPE TOWN, 12 August 2026 – Members of the Namibian delegation outside the Iziko Museum and Planetarium in Cape Town, South Africa. The delegation, comprising government representatives, traditional leaders, surviving veterans, and affected family members, is in South Africa from 06 to 21 August to oversee the exhumation and repatriation of former Namibian political prisoners and liberation heroes who died in exile during the apartheid era. (Photo Contributed: MICT) NAMPA

NKURENKURU, 13 August 2026 - Kavango West Regional Council Chairperson and Nkurenkuru Constituency Councillor, Fillipus Tenga. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

NKURENKURU, 13 August 2026 - Kavango West Regional Council Chairperson and Nkurenkuru Constituency Councillor, Fillipus Tenga. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

(FILES) Reform UK leader Nigel Farage sits and poses with a pint in the garden of The Ship pub after casting his vote in the Clacton by-election earlier in the morning, in the village of Kirby-le-Soken, Essex on August 13, 2026. British hard-right leader Nigel Farage has won a snap UK election he triggered in Clacton on August 14, comfortably beating satirical opponent Count Binface as was expected, according to results. (Photo by Henry NICHOLLS / AFP)

(FILES) Reform UK leader Nigel Farage (C) arrives to vote in the Clacton by-election, at a makeshift polling station in a primary school in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex on August 13, 2026. British hard-right leader Nigel Farage has won a snap UK election he triggered in Clacton on August 14, comfortably beating satirical opponent Count Binface as was expected, according to results. (Photo by Henry NICHOLLS / AFP)

(FILES) (COMBO) This combination of file photos created on August 10, 2026 shows then-London mayoral candidate Count Binface (L) posing for a photo on College Green beside the Palace of Westminster in London on April 25, 2024; and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage (R) speaking during the inaugural Conservative Political Action Conference Great Britain in south-east London on July 17, 2026. British hard-right leader Nigel Farage won on August 14, a snap UK election he triggered in Clacton, comfortably beating satirical opponent Count Binface as was expected, according to results. (Photo by Henry Nicholls / AFP) / TO GO WITH Britain-politics-vote,ADVANCER by Jo Biddle and Theodore Griffin

(FILES) Reform UK leader Nigel Farage smiles after voting in the Clacton by-election, outside a makeshift polling station at a primary school in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex on August 13, 2026. British hard-right leader Nigel Farage has won a snap UK election he triggered in Clacton on August 14, comfortably beating satirical opponent Count Binface as was expected, according to results. (Photo by Henry Nicholls / AFP)

(FILES) Reform UK leader Nigel Farage sits and poses with a pint in the garden of The Ship pub after casting his vote in the Clacton by-election earlier in the morning, in the village of Kirby-le-Soken, Essex on August 13, 2026. British hard-right leader Nigel Farage has won a snap UK election he triggered in Clacton on August 14, comfortably beating satirical opponent Count Binface as was expected, according to results. (Photo by Henry NICHOLLS / AFP)

(FILES) US Ambassador to Japan George Glass speaks to reporters after a meeting with Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi regarding the United States' unwavering commitment to the Japan-US alliance, at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on November 20, 2025. "The United States remains unwavering in its support of its most important ally and in its recognition of Japanese sovereignty over the Northern Territories," George Glass said on X on August 14, 2026, using the Japanese name for the Kuril islands visited for the first time by Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 13. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)

This photo shows the Putra Mosque (L) and Malaysia’s Prime Minister’s Office covered in haze in Putrajaya on August 14, 2026, as authorities in Malaysia warned of high levels of air pollution from regional wildfires. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP)

Indian actress Tara Sutaria poses for photographs during the music launch of her upcoming film 'Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups' in Mumbai on August 13, 2026. (Photo by Sujit JAISWAL / AFP)