OSHAKATI,26 November 2025 - The presiding officer at Leo Shoopala hall polling station in the Oshakati East Constituency, Victorina Joona. (Photo: Ester Hakaala) NAMPA
WINDHOEK, 26 NOVEMBER 2025 - Tobias Hainyeko Constituency residents are assisted during the voting process of 2025 Regional Councils and Local Authorities Elections in Windhoek (Photo: Filemon Haininga) NAMPA
Windhoek, 26 November 2025 - Regional Councils and Local Authorities elections ballot boxes are filling up at a Windhoek polling station. (Photo by: Ali Negumbo)NAMPA
WINDHOEK, 26 November 2025 - Independent Patriots for Change President Panduleni Itula casting his vote. (Photo by: Mathilde Kudumo) NAMPA
WINDHOEK, 26 NOVEMBER 2025 - Moses ||Garoëb Constituency Councillor Stefanus Ndengu casting his vote. (Photo by: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA
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
OSHAKATI, 26 November 2025 - The governor of the Oshana region, Hofni Iipinge pictured after casting his vote at the Sky location phase two polling station in the Ongwediva Constituency. (Photo by: Ester Hakaala) NAMPA
RUNDU, 26 November 2025 - Governor of the Kavango East Region Hamunyera Hambyuka casting his vote. (Photo by: Sawi Hausiku) NAMPA
Actresses take part in the flame lighting ceremony of the Olympic flame, for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, at the Museum of ancient Olympia, in Olympia on November 26, 2025. (Photo by Aris MESSINIS / AFP)
Protesters hold placards and flags during a demonstration in support of "Defend Our Juries" and their campaign against the ban on Palestine Action, outside the Royal Courts of Justice, Britain's High Court, in central London on November 26, 2025. (Photo by CARLOS JASSO / AFP)
A group of children wearing white gloves wave to Leo XIV during a weekly general audience in St Peter's square in The Vatican on November 26, 2025. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)
A woman attends Pope Leo XIV weekly general audience in St Peter's square in The Vatican on November 26, 2025. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)
Honorary chairman of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party Alexander Gauland arrives for a general debate on the budget of the Federal Chancellery at the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament in Berlin on November 26, 2025. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (L) looks over at Parliamentary group leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Jens Spahn speak during a general debate on the budget of the Federal Chancellery at the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament in Berlin on November 26, 2025. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (L) gestures as parliamentary group leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Jens Spahn (R) speaks during a general debate on the budget of the Federal Chancellery at the Bundestag, Germany's lower house of parliament in Berlin on November 26, 2025. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Motorists drive past a billboard displaying a picture of Pope Leo XIV in Beirut on November 25, 2025. In his first trip abroad since becoming head of the Catholic Church, US-born Pope Leo XIV will travel to Turkey and Lebanon, arriving in Beirut on November 30. (Photo by Joseph EID / AFP)