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) -- ALEPPO, Oct. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Workers conduct restoration work inside a market in the Old City of Aleppo, Syria, July 20, 2026. October 31 marks World Cities Day. In recent years, some cities across the Middle East have been battered by war. Buildings have been damaged, infrastructure destroyed, and once-bustling streets and houses have been reduced to rubble. War has not only transformed the urban landscape but also profoundly affected the daily lives of local residents. (Photo by Monsef Memari/Xinhua)

(261031) -- GAZA CITY, Oct. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian woman and her grandchildren are seen in their residence in Gaza City, Oct. 25, 2026. October 31 marks World Cities Day. In recent years, some cities across the Middle East have been battered by war. Buildings have been damaged, infrastructure destroyed, and once-bustling streets and houses have been reduced to rubble. War has not only transformed the urban landscape but also profoundly affected the daily lives of local residents. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

(261031) -- BAGHDAD, Oct. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 21, 2026 shows a view of the al-Rashid Street in Baghdad, Iraq. October 31 marks World Cities Day. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

(261031) -- BAGHDAD, Oct. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 23, 2026 shows high-rise residential complexes under construction in Baghdad, Iraq. October 31 marks World Cities Day. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

(261031) -- BAGHDAD, Oct. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People walk on the al-Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 21, 2026. October 31 marks World Cities Day. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

(261031) -- BAGHDAD, Oct. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 21, 2026 shows a view of the al-Rusafi Square in Baghdad, Iraq. October 31 marks World Cities Day. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

(261031) -- BAGHDAD, Oct. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 21, 2026 shows the Qishla Clock Tower by the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq. October 31 marks World Cities Day. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

A police officer dressed in riot gear stands outside the headquarters of Poland's Constitutional Court as protesters gather in protest in Warsaw on October 31, 2026. Poland's President Karol Nawrocki called off a visit to Africa in mid-flight as riot police deployed around the country's constitutional court on October 30 following the suspension of its chief justice in a battle between the centrist government and the nationalist right. Dozens of police guarded the entrance to the court as followers of the opposition right-wing Law and Justice party (PiS) protested the ousting of constitutional court president Bogdan Swieczkowski. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)