OPUWO, 28 May 2026- Director-General of the National Planning Commission Dr Kaire Mbuende addressing the Genocide Remembrance Day commemoration at Opuwo in the Kunene Region. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

OPUWO, 28 May 2026- Director-General of the National Planning Commission Dr Kaire Mbuende, Kunene Governor Vipuakuje Muharukua, and Minister of Industries, Mines and Energy Modestus Amutse during the Genocide Remembrance Day in Opuwo, Kunene Region. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 28 May 2026 - Chiefs of the Zeraeua and !Oe-ǂGan Traditional Authorities Ombara Manase Christian Zeraeua and Gaob Immanuel ǂNu-axa ǃGâseb (l), Chairperson of the Genocide Committee in Erongo Uahimisa Kaapehi (m) and other political and traditional leaders kneel at the entrance of the Swakopmund Memorial Park to seek for permission from the ancestors before entering the cemetery, during the Ovaherero and Nama Genocide. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 28 May 2026 - Gaob Immanuel ǂNu-axa ǃGâseb of the !Oe-ǂGan Traditional Authority, Erongo Governor Natalia |Goagoses, Ombara Manase Christian Zeraeua of the Zeraeua Traditional Authority and Former Member of Parliament (MP) Usutuaije Maamberua paying their respects to the victims of the 1904-1908 Ovaherero and Nama Genocide at the Swakopmund Memorial Park, during the Genocide Remembrance Day. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 28 MAY 2026 - Chiefs of the Zeraeua and !Oe-ǂGan Traditional Authorities Ombara Manase Christian Zeraeua and Gaob Immanuel ǂNu-axa ǃGâseb laying a wreath on the Ovaherero and Nama Genocide Monument at the Swakopmund Memorial Park, in remembrance of the 1904-1908 Genocide. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

OPUWO, 28 May 2026 - Senior Council Uahuna Tjiposa of the Otjikaoko Traditional Authority speaking at the Genocide Remembrance Day commemoration held at Opuwo in the Kunene Region on Thursday. (Photo: Contributed)

KATIMA MULILO, 27 May 2026 – Kabbe North Constituency Councilor and Chairperson of the Zambezi Regional Council Management Committee, Bernard Sisamu, speaking on behalf of the Zambezi Governor, Dorothy Kabula -Simushi at the belated World Malaria Day commemoration held at the Mukwahepo Sports Field in the Diary Compound of the Katima Mulilo Urban Constituency. (Photo: Contributed)

OPUWO, 27 May 2026 - Descendant of genocide victims, Mike Kavekotora and Stein Katupa pictured during a Government Information Centre engagement in Opuwo on Wednesday, ahead of Genocide Remembrance Day. (Photo: Contributed)

Cuban novelist and journalist Leonardo de la Caridad Padura Fuentes poses during a photo session on May 28, 2026. (Photo by Joel Saget / AFP)

Cuban novelist and journalist Leonardo de la Caridad Padura Fuentes poses during a photo session on May 28, 2026. (Photo by Joel Saget / AFP)

Cuban novelist and journalist Leonardo de la Caridad Padura Fuentes poses during a photo session on May 28, 2026. (Photo by Joel Saget / AFP)

Cuban novelist and journalist Leonardo de la Caridad Padura Fuentes poses during a photo session on May 28, 2026. (Photo by Joel Saget / AFP)

Cuban novelist and journalist Leonardo de la Caridad Padura Fuentes poses during a photo session on May 28, 2026. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)

Riders climb near Valdobbiadene during the 18th stage of the Giro d'Italia 2026 - Tour of Italy cycling race between Fai della Paganella and Pieve di Soligo, Italy, on May 28, 2026. (Photo by Luca Bettini / AFP)

Czech Republic's goalkeeper #32 Josef Korenar dives to block a shot during the IIHF Ice Hockey Men's World Championship quarter-final match between Finland and Czech Republic at the Swiss Life Arena in Zurich, Switzerland on May 28, 2026. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)

Riders climb near Valdobbiadene during the 18th stage of the Giro d'Italia 2026 - Tour of Italy cycling race between Fai della Paganella and Pieve di Soligo, Italy, on May 28, 2026. (Photo by Luca Bettini / AFP)