WINDHOEK, 26 December 2025 - The Katutura State Hospital maternity ward. (Photo by: Edward Tenete) NAMPA
OTJIWARONGO, 26 December 2025 - A newly born baby girl at the Otjiwarongo State Hospital on Christmas Day. Otjiwarongo recorded two births of Christmas babies this year. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA
KATIMA MULILO, 25 December 2025 - Sister Emely Chidolo speaks to Nampa while 19-year-old first-time mother, Emelia Kachelo takes a recuperation nap on her hospital bed on Thursday afternoon. (Photo by: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA
Salome Kambala, acting national spokesperson of the National Organisation of Parents in Education (NAOPE). (Photo: Contributed)
Okatana Constituency councillor Petrus Shigwedha Ashipala. (Photo: Contributed)
ONTINDA - A Top Teenagers FC player in action. (Photo: Contributed)
GROOTFONTEIN, 19 December 2025 - The accident scene where two trucks and a passenger bus were involved in a collision Friday afternoon outside Grootfontein in the Otjozondjupa Region. (Photo: Contributed)
The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) Board of Directors chairperson, Tulimevava Mufeti. (Photo: Contributed)
A voter casts his ballot at a polling station in Abidjan on December 27, 2025 during Ivory Coast's legislative elections. (Photo by SIA KAMBOU / AFP)
(251227) -- BEIJING, Dec. 27, 2025 (Xinhua) -- As the sporting calendar draws to a close, Xinhua News Agency has selected the top 10 Chinese athletes for 2025. 7. Zou Jingyuan (male, gymnastics) Zou continued his dominance on the parallel bars, becoming the first four-time winner in the event at the World Championships before completing a third consecutive National Games title. At the 15th National Games, he also clinched gold medal in the all-around event, which consisted of pommel horse, rings and parallel bars. This file photo taken on Oct. 25, 2025 shows Zou Jingyuan of China celebrating during the the Men's Parallel Bars Final at 53rd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)
(251227) -- BEIJING, Dec. 27, 2025 (Xinhua) -- As the sporting calendar draws to a close, Xinhua News Agency has selected the top 10 Chinese athletes for 2025. 8. Hu Kai (male, shooting) Hu collected nine gold medals on the international stage in 2025, including sweeping all men's 10m air pistol titles at the ISSF World Cup series from April to December. He also won the mixed team title at the World Championships and was named the ISSF Pistol Men's Athlete of the Year. This file photo taken on Nov. 10, 2025 shows Hu Kai of China reacting during the 10m air pistol men's final of shooting at the 2025 ISSF World Championship Rifle/Pistol in Cairo, Egypt. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
(251227) -- BEIJING, Dec. 27, 2025 (Xinhua) -- As the sporting calendar draws to a close, Xinhua News Agency has selected the top 10 Chinese athletes for 2025. 9. Qin Haiyang (male, swimming) After setbacks at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Qin rebounded strongly at the World Championships, winning gold medals in the men's 100m and 200m breaststroke and a bronze in the 50m breaststroke, becoming the only Asian swimmer to claim gold at this year's championships. This file photo taken on July 28, 2025 shows gold medalist Qin Haiyang of China celebrating during the awarding ceremony for the men's 100m breaststroke final of swimming at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. (Xinhua/Xia Yifang)
(251227) -- BEIJING, Dec. 27, 2025 (Xinhua) -- As the sporting calendar draws to a close, Xinhua News Agency has selected the top 10 Chinese athletes for 2025. 10. Jiang Yuyan (female, para swimming) At China's 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities and the 9th National Special Olympic Games, Jiang won gold in all nine events she competed. She helped Zhejiang break the national record in the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay (34-point classification) with a time of 4:08.06. In April, Jiang was named the winner of the Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award. This file photo taken on April 21, 2025 shows Chinese paralympic swimmer Jiang Yuyan posing with the Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award trophy during the 26th Laureus World Sports Awards gala in Madrid, Spain. (Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)
(251227) -- YINCHUAN, Dec. 27, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Harvested bell peppers to be exported to Kazakhstan are seen in Fengzhuang Village, Zhongwei City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Nov. 27, 2025. TO GO WITH "Across China: China's fresh produce finds favor in Central Asian market" (Xinhua)
(251227) -- YINCHUAN, Dec. 27, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Shang Jinhua, general manager of Ningxia Zhonghui Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd., displays bell peppers at a plantation in Fengzhuang Village, Zhongwei City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Nov. 27, 2025. TO GO WITH "Across China: China's fresh produce finds favor in Central Asian market" (Xinhua)
(251227) -- YINCHUAN, Dec. 27, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A plantation for cold-climate vegetables is pictured in Changxin Township of Helan County, Yinchuan City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, July 4, 2024. TO GO WITH "Across China: China's fresh produce finds favor in Central Asian market" (Xinhua/Liu Hai)