WINDHOEK, 23 January 2026 – Helao Vinnia Ndadi is one of the few remaining founders of Swapo. (Photo by: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

EENHANA, 24 January 2026 – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah consoling the widow of the late Mathias Kanana Hishoono, Ndeshipewa Elina Hishoono, at his funeral at the Eenhana Memorial Shrine. (Photo by: Ester Hakaala) NAMPA

ONAMBUTU, 23 January 2026 – Statesmen Nangolo Mbumba and Hifikepunye Pohamba pictured at the memorial service of liberation hero Mathias Kanana Hishoono. (Photo by: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

OPUWO, 23 January 2026 - Jason Ndahepele, Chief Health Programme Officer of the Kunene Region. (Photo: Contributed)

(260126) -- ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 26, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 25, 2026 shows a corporate promotion event held at the St. Petersburg campus of the National Research University Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg, Russia. January 25 marks the Russian Students' Day. The St. Petersburg campus of the National Research University Higher School of Economics hosted a wide range of activities, including academic lectures, corporate presentations, exhibitions, and intellectual games, to celebrate this holiday for young people. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)

(260126) -- ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 26, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A sharing session between teachers and students is held at the St. Petersburg campus of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Jan. 25, 2026. January 25 marks the Russian Students' Day. The St. Petersburg campus of the National Research University Higher School of Economics hosted a wide range of activities, including academic lectures, corporate presentations, exhibitions, and intellectual games, to celebrate this holiday for young people. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua)

(260126) -- SALAMANCA, Jan. 26, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Security personnel patrol near the soccer field where a shooting occurred in Salamanca, Mexico, on Jan. 25, 2026. Gunmen opened fire during an amateur soccer match in central Mexico on Sunday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 12 others, local authorities said. The attack occurred around 5:20 p.m. local time (2320 GMT) at a soccer field in the Loma de Flores community in Salamanca, in the central state of Guanajuato. Witnesses said several armed men arrived in two pickup trucks, got out, and fired indiscriminately at players and spectators. (Xinhua)

(260126) -- BEIJING, Jan. 26, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An aerial photo taken on Jan. 15, 2026 shows a flooded area in Kruger National Park, South Africa. The recent floods in South Africa have caused extensive damage to the country's largest and world-renowned game reserve, Kruger National Park, with losses estimated at nearly half a billion rand (about 30 million U.S. dollars). (South African National Parks/Handout via Xinhua)