ONDANGWA, 26 January 2026 - Oshana Regional Governor Hofni Iipinge. (Photo by: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 25 January 2026 – Junior female cyclist Delsia Janse van Vuuren while in action during round three of Nedbank Namibia Windhoek Power Pedal (WPP) 3 Döbra Loops. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 25 January 2026 – Namibia’s junior female cyclist Delsia Janse van Vuuren while in action during round three of Nedbank Namibia Windhoek Power Pedal (WPP) 3 Döbra Loops. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 25 January 2026 – Namibia’s endurance rider Drikus Coetzee, celebrating his win during round three of Nedbank Namibia Windhoek Power Pedal (WPP) 3 Döbra Loops. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

Norwegian Chief of Polar bear mission Jon Aars poses in the Scientific Ice going vessel "Kronprins Haakon" in eastern Spitzbergen, in the Svalbard archipelago, on April 10, 2025. The Norwegian Polar Institute, an Arctic research organisation, organised a five-week expedition aboard the high-tech research vessel and icebreaker Kronprins Haakon to collect adipose tissue biopsies and blood samples from polar bears in order to study the impact of pollutants on their health. (Photo by Olivier MORIN / AFP)

French spatial scientist Marie-Anne Blanchet and her colleagues operate on a polar bear before taking adipose tissue biopsies and blood samples from their sedated mother, in eastern Spitzbergen, in the Svalbard archipelago, on April 14, 2025. The Norwegian Polar Institute, an Arctic research organisation, organised a five-week expedition aboard the high-tech research vessel and icebreaker Kronprins Haakon to collect adipose tissue biopsies and blood samples from polar bears in order to study the impact of pollutants on their health. (Photo by Olivier MORIN / AFP)

Belgian toxicologist Laura Pirard, who specialises in marine mammals, works on biopsy samples of polar bear adipose tissue, in a laboratory onboard the science icebreaker vessel 'Kronprins Haakon' while sailing in eastern Spitzbergen, in the Svalbard archipelago, on April 9, 2025. The Norwegian Polar Institute, an Arctic research organisation, organised a five-week expedition aboard the high-tech research vessel and icebreaker Kronprins Haakon to collect adipose tissue biopsies and blood samples from polar bears in order to study the impact of pollutants on their health. (Photo by Olivier MORIN / AFP)

Norwegian veterinarian Rolf Arne Olberg shoots two polar bears, which will be numbered with a quick biodegradable paint not to be sedated a second time within the week, with his air-compressed riffle to sedate them from a helicopter flying over sea-ice in eastern Spitzbergen, in the Svalbard archipelago, on April 9, 2025. The Norwegian Polar Institute, an Arctic research organisation, organised a five-week expedition aboard the high-tech research vessel and icebreaker Kronprins Haakon to collect adipose tissue biopsies and blood samples from polar bears in order to study the impact of pollutants on their health. (Photo by Olivier MORIN / AFP)