MARIENTAL, 26 November 2025 - Several constituencies in the Hardap Region reported steady voter turnout on Wednesday morning, while others saw slower activity, according to updates from returning officers. (Photo by Chelva Wells) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 26 November 2025 - Erongo Governor Natalia |Goagoses was the first to cast her vote at the Swakopmund Police Station polling station when polls opened. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) (NAMPA)

MARIENTAL, 26 November 2025 - Voting in the Hardap Region began on Wednesday morning, with residents arriving early at polling stations across the eight constituencies to take part in the regional and local authority elections. (Photo by: Chelva Wells) NAMPA

||NHOMA, 24 November 2025 - Kommsa Kaesie pictured together with some of his family members at ||Nhoma. (Photo by: Edward Tenete) NAMPA

26 November 2025, Berlin: Lars Klingbeil (l), German Minister of Finance, Vice-Chancellor and SPD Federal Chairman, speaks to Friedrich Merz German Chancellor, before the general debate in the Bundestag. The debates on the budget of the Chancellor's Office are traditionally used as a general debate on the policies of the Federal Government. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

26 November 2025, Berlin: Alice Weidel, parliamentary group and federal leader of the AfD, speaks in the general debate on the budget in the Bundestag. The debates on the budget of the Chancellery are traditionally used as a general debate on the policies of the Federal Government. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

26 November 2025, Berlin: Wolfgang Weimer (L), Minister of State for Culture and the Media, and Boris Pistorius, Minister of Defense, speak before the general debate in the Bundestag. The debates on the budget of the Chancellor's Office are traditionally used as a general debate on the policies of the Federal Government. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

26 November 2025, Berlin: Verena Hubertz, German Minister of Housing, Urban Development and Building, arrives in the Bundestag before the general debate. The debates on the budget of the Chancellery are traditionally used as a general debate on the policies of the Federal Government. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa