SICHUAN, 08 July 2026 - Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, Inge Zaamwani. (Photo: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

OSHITAYI, 08 July 2026 - Ondangwa Urban Constituency Councillor Leonard Negonga address learners during the Ondangwa Urban Annual Constituency Culture Festival 2026 on Wednesday. (Photo: Ester Hakaala) NAMPA

BEIJING, 09 July 2026 - Director of Sinomine Group and Chief Executive Officer of Sinomine Tsumeb Smelter, Logan Lou Yonggang. (Photo: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

GABORONE, 06 July 2026 - Southern African officials will meet in Johannesburg from 15 to 17 July to advance public spending efficiency through cost-benefit analysis. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

NEW YORK, 07 July 2026 - Diene Keita, Executive Director of UNFPA. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 07 July 2026 - Ana Beatriz Martins, European Union (EU) Ambassador to Namibia. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

GENEVA, 06 July 2026 - Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus, pictured with Chairperson of the PowerCom Board, Eldorette Harmse, Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Dr Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava; and Namibia's Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Elvis Shiweda, during the Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday. (Photo by: Josephina Simeon) NAMPA

GUANGZHOU, 06 July 2026 - A car assembly line at the Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) car company. GAC is China’s state-owned automaker. Which manufactures vehicles under its own marques (GAC Motor and AION) and operates highly successful joint ventures with Honda and Toyota. With global reach across 86 regions, it is rapidly expanding into EVs and international production. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

Crowds of mourners gather on a street ahead of the funeral procession of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei and members of his family, before he is buried at the Shrine of Imam Reza, Iran's most revered place of worship, in Mashhad on July 9, 2026. Calling for revenge and rejecting any compromise with the West, Iranians loyal to the Islamic republic braved sweltering heat on July 9 to mass for the burial of supreme leader Ali Khamenei in his hometown of Mashhad. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP) /

Crowds of mourners gather on a street ahead of the funeral procession of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei and members of his family, before he is buried at the Shrine of Imam Reza, Iran's most revered place of worship, in Mashhad on July 9, 2026. Calling for revenge and rejecting any compromise with the West, Iranians loyal to the Islamic republic braved sweltering heat on July 9 to mass for the burial of supreme leader Ali Khamenei in his hometown of Mashhad. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP) /

Crowds of mourners gather on a street around a portrait of Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei ahead of the funeral procession of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei and members of his family, before he is buried at the Shrine of Imam Reza, Iran's most revered place of worship, in Mashhad on July 9, 2026. Calling for revenge and rejecting any compromise with the West, Iranians loyal to the Islamic republic braved sweltering heat on July 9 to mass for the burial of supreme leader Ali Khamenei in his hometown of Mashhad. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP) /

Crowds of mourners gather on a street ahead of the funeral procession of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei and members of his family, before he is buried at the Shrine of Imam Reza, Iran's most revered place of worship, in Mashhad on July 9, 2026. Calling for revenge and rejecting any compromise with the West, Iranians loyal to the Islamic republic braved sweltering heat on July 9 to mass for the burial of supreme leader Ali Khamenei in his hometown of Mashhad. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP) /

Crowds of mourners gather on a street ahead of the funeral procession of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei and members of his family, before he is buried at the Shrine of Imam Reza, Iran's most revered place of worship, in Mashhad on July 9, 2026. Calling for revenge and rejecting any compromise with the West, Iranians loyal to the Islamic republic braved sweltering heat on July 9 to mass for the burial of supreme leader Ali Khamenei in his hometown of Mashhad. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP) /

Crowds of mourners gather on a street ahead of the funeral procession of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei and members of his family, before he is buried at the Shrine of Imam Reza, Iran's most revered place of worship, in Mashhad on July 9, 2026. Calling for revenge and rejecting any compromise with the West, Iranians loyal to the Islamic republic braved sweltering heat on July 9 to mass for the burial of supreme leader Ali Khamenei in his hometown of Mashhad. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP) /

Crowds of mourners gather on a street ahead of the funeral procession of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei and members of his family, before he is buried at the Shrine of Imam Reza, Iran's most revered place of worship, in Mashhad on July 9, 2026. Calling for revenge and rejecting any compromise with the West, Iranians loyal to the Islamic republic braved sweltering heat on July 9 to mass for the burial of supreme leader Ali Khamenei in his hometown of Mashhad. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP) /

Roberto Kido, diplomat and leader of national and international emergency response of Japan, speaks with AFP at Japan's military field hospital in Caribe, La Guaira state, Venezuela on July 9, 2026, following the June 24 twin earthquakes. The United Nations launched an urgent appeal on July 8, 2026 for nearly $300 million towards Venezuela earthquake relief operations as the death toll from the disaster rose to more than 3,800 people. (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP)