GOBABIS - Ephraim Eliphas Tjingaete, senior Ovambanderu Traditional Authority (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 08 September 2026 - Capricorn-on-Main, the new Bank Windhoek 13-storey landmark building on the corner of Independence Avenue and Kasino Street in Windhoek’s Central Business District (CBD). (Photo: Contributed)

OTJINENE, 07 September 2026 - Otjinene Farmers Association elected new leadership (Photo: Zebaldt Ngaruka) NAMPA

OTJINENE, 07 September 2026 - The Otjinene Farmers Association elected a new leadership. (Photo by: Zebaldt Ngaruka) NAMPA

SWAKOPMIUNMD, 07 September 2026 - A tobacco smoker sparing his cigarette for a later smoke. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 07 September 2026 - Ashante Manetti, the Chief Commercial Officer of Letshego Holdings Namibia. (Photo: Contributed)

SACHONA, 06 September 2026 - One person died and six others were injured when a vehicle overturned at Sachona on Sunday. (Photo: Contributed)

NKURENKURU, 05 September 2026 - Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services, Suzan Ndjaleka, paid a courtesy visit to Kavango West Governor Verna Sinimbo and the Kavango West leadership at the Kavango West Regional Council Office Park on Friday. (Photo by: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

(260909) -- BEIJING, Sept. 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Fans wait to watch the red-carpet ceremony during the 83rd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Sept. 5, 2026. The 83rd Venice International Film Festival runs from Sept. 2 to 12 on the Venice Lido island in Italy. (Xinhua/Wang Kaiyan)

(260909) -- BEIJING, Sept. 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Zheng Qinwen celebrates after winning the women's singles fourth round match betweetn Zheng Qinwen of China and Iga Swiatek of Poland at the 2026 US Open tennis championships in New York, the United States, Sept. 7, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Rui)

(260909) -- BEIJING, Sept. 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 8, 2026 shows the gold, silver and bronze medals of the 48th WorldSkills Competition at Shanghai Mint Co., Ltd. in east China's Shanghai. Shanghai Mint Co., Ltd. has officially shipped all the medals for the 48th WorldSkills Competition, which will be awarded at the competition scheduled to take place in Shanghai from Sept. 22 to 27. (Xinhua/Liu Ying)

(260909) -- BEIJING, Sept. 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Khalilur Rahman, president of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), speaks at the opening of the 81st session of the UNGA at the UN headquarters in New York, Sept. 8, 2026. The 81st session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) was declared open by Khalilur Rahman, the new president of the General Assembly, on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Zhang Fengguo)

(260909) -- BEIJING, Sept. 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Wang Taifan practices playing a trumpet at home in Shuangsheng Village of Tongliang District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Sept. 5, 2026. Wang Taifan, who took part in the performance of the Paralympic Anthem at the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games, recently began his college life as a musicology freshman at the Special Education College of Beijing Union University. Born in Tongliang District of southwest China's Chongqing, Wang lost his sight at the age of 12 due to an eye disease. After enrolled in the Chongqing Special Education Center, he learned to play the trumpet with the help of his teachers and joined a wind ensemble composed of vision limited individuals. The trumpet enabled Wang to experience a wider world as he traveled to many cities and stepped onto bigger stages with his bandmates. As a new chapter of his life begins, Wang looks forward to a solo concert of his own. (Xinhua/Liu Chan)

Guards receiv the floral arrangements of people to pay tribute to late Communist leader Mao Zedong at the Mao Zedong Bronze Statue Square in Shaoshan, China's central Hunan province on September 9, 2026, during the 50th anniversary of his death. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

People arrive with floral arrangements to pay tribute to late Communist leader Mao Zedong at the Mao Zedong Bronze Statue Square in Shaoshan, China's central Hunan province on September 9, 2026, during the 50th anniversary of his death. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

People arrive with floral arrangements to pay tribute to late Communist leader Mao Zedong at the Mao Zedong Bronze Statue Square in Shaoshan, China's central Hunan province on September 9, 2026, during the 50th anniversary of his death. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)