WINDHOEK, 08 December 2025 - Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp (C) pictured during a media conference of the announcement of subsidised tertiary education funding model. (Photo by: Mathilde Kudumo) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 07 December 2025 - Namibian cyclist Nina Holtrup pictured at the finish line after winning the 2025 Nedbank Desert Dash. The 21st edition of the iconic endurance event saw riders take off from the Grove Mall in Windhoek and concluded at Platz Am Meer in Swakopmund, riding across the Namib Desert. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 05 December 2025 - Namibia’s endurance cyclist Drikus Coetzee in action during the 2025 Nedbank Desert Dash. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

OTJIWARONGO, 04 December 2025 - Briefings on the rehabilitation and resurfacing of roads at Otjiwarongo took place at the Otjiwarongo Municipality chambers on Thursday. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

AFP presents a reportage of 27 file photographs taken by photographers in Sri Lanka and Indonesia between November 25 and December 8, 2025 after the region was affected by floods and subsequent landslides. Tropical storms and monsoon rains have pummelled Southeast and South Asia this month, triggering landslides and flash floods from the rainforests of Indonesia's western Sumatra island to highland plantations in Sri Lanka. Search for all these reportage images using: INDONESIA-SRILANKA-WEATHER-CLIMATE Search 'REPORTAGE' to source all feature, magazine and photo essays. (Photo by AFP)

A man walks in the grounds of Hokkaido University after an overnight snowfall in Sapporo, in Japan’s northern Hokkaido prefecture on December 9, 2025. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)

A man runs through the grounds of Hokkaido University after an overnight snowfall in Sapporo, in Japan’s northern Hokkaido prefecture on December 9, 2025. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)

Tourists ride a tour boat along the river in Singapore on December 9, 2025. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)