SWAKOPMUND, 18 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses. (Photo contributed) NAMPA

OMATJETE, 16 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses, during the launch of the Roads Authority’s mobile unit, Natis on Wheels. (Photo by: Chelva) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 18 June 2026 - Education officials, school principals, teachers, learners, community leaders and other stakeholders of education attending the Erongo Region Education conference to assess challenges facing the sector. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 17 June 2026 - Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare pictured with Ovaherero Chief Professor Mutjinde Katjiua during a recent meeting in Windhoek. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

SWAKOPMUND, 17 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia /Goagoses delivering her Sate of the Region Address. She is dressed in the uniform of the National Youth Service, in solidarity with the Namibian youth and their plight in fighting against unemployment. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 16 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses during her State of the Region Address (SORA) stated that the C35 Swakopmund/Henties Bay/Uis Main Road, costing N.dollars 1.03 billion, was 86 per cent complete with 16 kilometres remaining. (Photo by: Josephina Simeon) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 16 June 2026 - Erongo Governor Natalia ǀGoagoses during her State of the Region Address (SORA) stated that the C35 Swakopmund/Henties Bay/Uis Main Road, costing N.dollars 1.03 billion, was 86 per cent complete with 16 kilometres remaining. (Photo by: Josephina Simeon) NAMPA

UIS, 16 June 2026 - Uis in the Erongo Region, was upgraded from settlement to town status, becoming the region’s eighth local authority, ǀGoagoses said in her second State of the Region Address delivered in Swakopmund, with N.dollars 1 million allocated for an Infrastructure Master Plan and N.dollars 8.5 million for an ongoing bulk water pipeline. (Photo by: Josephina Simeon) NAMPA

18 June 2026, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: People cool off at the Stadionbad during a sunny day. Photo: Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa

18 June 2026, Saxony, Grossroehrsdorf: An aerial view shows a swimmer cooling off at the Massenei Pool. Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa

18 June 2026, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: A person jumps off the diving platform at the Stadionbad during a sunny day. Photo: Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa

18 June 2026, Lower Saxony, Scheessel: Festivalgoer Tobi stands in the campground at the Hurricane Festival. The Hurricane open-air festival takes place from June 19 to 21. Photo: Moritz Frankenberg/dpa

18 June 2026, Lower Saxony, Scheessel: Festivalgoers arrive at the Hurricane Festival campground with their luggage. The Hurricane open-air festival takes place from June 19 to 21. Photo: Moritz Frankenberg/dpa

18 June 2026, Lower Saxony, Scheessel: Festivalgoers arrive at the Hurricane Festival campground with their luggage. The Hurricane open-air festival takes place from June 19 to 21. Photo: Moritz Frankenberg/dpa

18 June 2026, Lower Saxony, Scheessel: Festivalgoers Tobi (L) and Nicolai arrive at the Hurricane Festival campground with their jukebox. The Hurricane open-air festival takes place from June 19 to 21. Photo: Moritz Frankenberg/dpa

A New York Knicks fan wearing a basketball hat, attends at City Hall Plaza in New York City on June 18, 2026, ahead of the championship celebration and Key to the City ceremony after a ticker-tape parade honoring the team's NBA Finals victory. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)