WINDHOEK, 30 October 2026 – Warrant Officer Julia Ndeulyatele and her colleagues who formed part of the protection team for the late First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

SHARUKWE, 30 October 2026 - The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism on Thursday held a Traditional Seed Fair at the Sharukwe Community Seed Bank in Kavango West. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 30 October 2026 - The Bank of Namibia headquarters in Windhoek. (Photo: Contributed)

KALKRAND, 30 October 2026 - The inaugural Kalkrand Marketing Expo officially started on Thursday. (Photo: Joe-Chintha Garises)

SHARUKWE, 30 October 2026 - The Sharukwe Community Seed Bank at Sharukwe village in Kavango West. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

NANKUTWE, 28 October 2026 - The Namibian Defence Force (NDF) has donated sanitary pads and toiletries to learners at Nankutwe Combined School in the Kabbe South Constituency of the Zambezi Region. Pictured here is Colonel Glenda Lukubwe Simasiku, the Senior Staff Officer heading the Gender Division at MODVA, who spoke at the ceremony on behalf of the NDF Women’s Network. (Photo: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 29 October 2026 - Namibia Breweries Limited (NBL) will invest approximately N$13 million over five years in a project aimed at improving water security in the Swakop River Basin, following the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement with WWF Namibia and Global Water Challenge (GWC) on Thursday. (Photo: Contributed)

OTJIWARONGO, 29 October 2026 - Okakarara Health Directorate Practitioner Olivia Mbabi speaks at an information-sharing session in Otjiwarongo on Thursday. (Photo: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

(261031) -- LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Visitors shop during the Los Angeles Comic Con in Los Angeles, the United States, Oct. 30, 2026. The three-day Los Angeles Comic Con, Los Angeles's largest event for comics, gaming, sci-fi, anime and pop culture, kicked off on Friday. The show features more than 1,000 artists, vendors and exhibitors. (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua)

(261031) -- LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A fan dressed up as a comic and animation character poses for photos during the Los Angeles Comic Con in Los Angeles, the United States, Oct. 30, 2026. The three-day Los Angeles Comic Con, Los Angeles's largest event for comics, gaming, sci-fi, anime and pop culture, kicked off on Friday. The show features more than 1,000 artists, vendors and exhibitors. (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua)

(261031) -- LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A fan dressed up as a comic and animation character is pictured at the Los Angeles Comic Con in Los Angeles, the United States, Oct. 30, 2026. The three-day Los Angeles Comic Con, Los Angeles's largest event for comics, gaming, sci-fi, anime and pop culture, kicked off on Friday. The show features more than 1,000 artists, vendors and exhibitors. (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua)

(261031) -- LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A fan dressed up as a comic and animation character poses for photos during the Los Angeles Comic Con in Los Angeles, the United States, Oct. 30, 2026. The three-day Los Angeles Comic Con, Los Angeles's largest event for comics, gaming, sci-fi, anime and pop culture, kicked off on Friday. The show features more than 1,000 artists, vendors and exhibitors. (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua)

(261031) -- LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A fan dressed up as a comic and animation character poses for photos during the Los Angeles Comic Con in Los Angeles, the United States, Oct. 30, 2026. The three-day Los Angeles Comic Con, Los Angeles's largest event for comics, gaming, sci-fi, anime and pop culture, kicked off on Friday. The show features more than 1,000 artists, vendors and exhibitors. (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua)

(261031) -- LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A fan dressed up as a comic and animation character poses for photos during the Los Angeles Comic Con in Los Angeles, the United States, Oct. 30, 2026. The three-day Los Angeles Comic Con, Los Angeles's largest event for comics, gaming, sci-fi, anime and pop culture, kicked off on Friday. The show features more than 1,000 artists, vendors and exhibitors. (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua)

(261031) -- KIGALI, Oct. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Grace Mbabazi, founder and chief executive officer of M&M Sozo Ltd., a honey-producing company based in Kigali's Kicukiro District, receives an interview with Xinhua in Kigali, Rwanda, Oct. 29, 2026. TO GO WITH "Feature: Rwandan honey producer eyes sweet opportunities in Chinese market ahead of CIIE" (Xinhua/Ju Yinhe)

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with gubernatorial candidate US Representative Byron Donalds, Republican from Florida, at a midterm campaign rally at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida on October 30, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)