WINDHOEK, 28 JULY 2023 - Namibia mourns the loss of liberation veteran Helao Joseph Shityuwete, who passed away peacefully at 92 in Windhoek, just days after his birthday. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 28 July 2025 - Lamech Mwanyangapo, a prominent Namibian broadcaster and health advocate, died at 61 on 29 August after battling multiple myeloma. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 29 August 2026 - Swapo party secretary general Sophia Shaningwa and party president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah pictured at the 11th Central Committee meeting in Windhoek on Saturday. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 28 August 2026 - Namibia’s senior men’s national cricket team, the Eagles player JJ Smit (right) and Gerhard Erasmus celebrating the wicket against South Africa during the T20 Tri-Series campaign at the FNB Namibia Cricket Ground in Olympia, Windhoek. Namibia won the match by 18 runs and the victory marked Namibia’s second win over South Africa in a T20 international meeting, following their historic triumph over the Proteas earlier this year at the same venue. (Photo: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 28 August 2026 - Namibia’s senior men’s national cricket team, the Eagles player JJ Smit (right) and Gerhard Erasmus celebrating the wicket against South Africa during the T20 Tri-Series campaign at the FNB Namibia Cricket Ground in Olympia, Windhoek. Namibia won the match by 18 runs and the victory marked Namibia’s second win over South Africa in a T20 international meeting, following their historic triumph over the Proteas earlier this year at the same venue. (Photo: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 28 August 2026 - Namibia’s Eagles celebrating the wicket against South Africa during the T20 Tri-Series campaign at the FNB Namibia Cricket Ground in Olympia, Windhoek. Namibia won the match by 18 runs and the victory marked Namibia’s second win over South Africa in a T20 international meeting, following their historic triumph over the Proteas earlier this year at the same venue. (Photo: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 28 August 2026 - Namibia’s Eagles celebrating the wicket against South Africa during the T20 Tri-Series campaign at the FNB Namibia Cricket Ground in Olympia, Windhoek. Namibia won the match by 18 runs and the victory marked Namibia’s second win over South Africa in a T20 international meeting, following their historic triumph over the Proteas earlier this year at the same venue. (Photo: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 28 August 2026 - Namibia’s Eagles celebrating the wicket against South Africa during the T20 Tri-Series campaign at the FNB Namibia Cricket Ground in Olympia, Windhoek. Namibia won the match by 18 runs and the victory marked Namibia’s second win over South Africa in a T20 international meeting, following their historic triumph over the Proteas earlier this year at the same venue. (Photo: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

(260831) -- HENGZHOU, Aug. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Students attend a class on the first day of the new semester at a school in Yunbiao Town of Hengzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 31, 2026. A new semester kicked off for primary and secondary schools in Hengzhou on Monday.    Hengzhou suffered severe flooding triggered by Typhoon Maysak in July this year. After cleanup, repair, and disinfection, all the flood-affected schools started the new semester. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

(260831) -- HENGZHOU, Aug. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Students watch an experiment on the first day of the new semester at a secondary school in Yunbiao Town of Hengzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 31, 2026. A new semester kicked off for primary and secondary schools in Hengzhou on Monday.    Hengzhou suffered severe flooding triggered by Typhoon Maysak in July this year. After cleanup, repair, and disinfection, all the flood-affected schools started the new semester. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

(260831) -- HENGZHOU, Aug. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A staff member cleans a dormitory at a secondary school in Yunbiao Town of Hengzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2026. A new semester kicked off for primary and secondary schools in Hengzhou on Monday.    Hengzhou suffered severe flooding triggered by Typhoon Maysak in July this year. After cleanup, repair, and disinfection, all the flood-affected schools started the new semester. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)

(260831) -- HENGZHOU, Aug. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Students attend a class on the first day of the new semester at a school in Yunbiao Town of Hengzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 31, 2026. A new semester kicked off for primary and secondary schools in Hengzhou on Monday.    Hengzhou suffered severe flooding triggered by Typhoon Maysak in July this year. After cleanup, repair, and disinfection, all the flood-affected schools started the new semester. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

(260831) -- HENGZHOU, Aug. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Students watch a robot performance on the first day of the new semester at a secondary school in Yunbiao Town of Hengzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 31, 2026. A new semester kicked off for primary and secondary schools in Hengzhou on Monday.    Hengzhou suffered severe flooding triggered by Typhoon Maysak in July this year. After cleanup, repair, and disinfection, all the flood-affected schools started the new semester. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

(260831) -- HENGZHOU, Aug. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A student checks a new chair a day before the new semester at a secondary school in Yunbiao Town of Hengzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2026. A new semester kicked off for primary and secondary schools in Hengzhou on Monday.    Hengzhou suffered severe flooding triggered by Typhoon Maysak in July this year. After cleanup, repair, and disinfection, all the flood-affected schools started the new semester. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)

(260831) -- HENGZHOU, Aug. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Students take part in an experiment on the first day of the new semester at a secondary school in Yunbiao Town of Hengzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 31, 2026. A new semester kicked off for primary and secondary schools in Hengzhou on Monday.    Hengzhou suffered severe flooding triggered by Typhoon Maysak in July this year. After cleanup, repair, and disinfection, all the flood-affected schools started the new semester. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

A man wearing a Buddha-themed shirt walks past a wall adorned with photographs of missing persons in the aftermath of flash floods, at the Tribhuvan University Teaching hospital in Kathmandu on August 31, 2026. Nepal was burying on August 31 some of the hundreds of bodies retrieved after a deadly, tsunami-like flood crashed through the Himalayan region, sweeping away villages and leaving thousands still missing. Distraught families have packed rescue stations and hospitals in search of their missing relatives, while others have faced the grim task of identifying bodies at overflowing morgues. (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP)