SWAKOPMUND, 12 Decemeber 2025 - Newly elected Erongo Regional Council Chairperson and councillor of the Karibib Constituency Lazarus Kanelombe during his maiden media conference. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

OMARURU, 11 December 2025 - Some of the 153 trainees who graduated from the Namibian Correctional Service’s ninth Basic Orientation training course at the Lucius Mahoto Correctional Service Training College on Thursday. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 02 December 2025 - The Presidential Task Force on Housing and Land Delivery is responsible for decreasing the housing backlog and lowering the number of households in informal settlements. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

UIS, 10 December 2025 - Erongo Governor Natalia |Goagoses greeting some attendees of the International Human Rights Day and Namibian Women’s day commemoration held at Uis on Wednesday. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

Farmers eat while they filter the access to the Rives d'Arcins shopping center in Bègles, on the outskirts of Bordeaux, south-western France, on December 14, 2025, to protest against the health policy put in place to eradicate lumpy skin disease affecting cattle. On December 12, 2025 French veterinarians slaughtered a herd of cows thought to be diseased after police dispersed angry farmers trying to protect them, an AFP reporter said, as an agricultural union called for nationwide protests. French farmers are unhappy with the state's management of an outbreak of nodular dermatitis -- widely known as lumpy skin disease. (Photo by ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP)

Farmers stand next to a banner reading "stop total slaughter" as they filter the access to the Rives d'Arcins shopping center in Bègles, on the outskirts of Bordeaux, south-western France, on December 14, 2025, to protest against the health policy put in place to eradicate lumpy skin disease affecting cattle. On December 12, 2025 French veterinarians slaughtered a herd of cows thought to be diseased after police dispersed angry farmers trying to protect them, an AFP reporter said, as an agricultural union called for nationwide protests. French farmers are unhappy with the state's management of an outbreak of nodular dermatitis -- widely known as lumpy skin disease. (Photo by ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP)

Guest A farmer gives a flyer to a motorist near the Carrefour des Rives d'Arcins shopping center to protest against the health policy put in place to eradicate lumpy skin disease affecting cattle in Bègles, suburb near Bordeaux, south-western France, on December 14, 2025. On December 12, 2025 French veterinarians slaughtered a herd of cows thought to be diseased after police dispersed angry farmers trying to protect them, an AFP reporter said, as an agricultural union called for nationwide protests. French farmers are unhappy with the state's management of an outbreak of nodular dermatitis -- widely known as lumpy skin disease. (Photo by ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP)

(251214) -- KUNMING, Dec. 14, 2025 (Xinhua) -- People watch Li Jinhe (R) making coffee at his cafe in Mangkuan Township of Baoshan City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 15, 2025. Mandabatmaz, a Turkish cafe, is located in a small alley beside Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul. The owner, Can Ozmen, took over this small coffee shop with a history of nearly sixty years from his parents. To carry on the tradition, he still insists on brewing coffee with copper pots. Ozmen introduced that Turkish coffee should be consumed with coffee grounds, which makes Turkish coffee unique. "Unlike other coffees, which are filtered, Turkish coffee is enjoyed in its entirety," Ozmen explained. Turkish coffee has a long history and was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2013. While in China, a riverside cafe in Yunnan also wins fame among coffee lovers. Li Jinhe, 53, has operated his cafe in Mangkuan under Baoshan City in Gaoligong Mountains for 14 years. His "flame-brewed coffee", which made by a blowtorch to heat beneath siphon pots, has taken the Internet by storm for its originality, turning his cafe into a viral sensation. Tourists said that the coffee shop by the Nujiang River has broken the stereotype of urban coffee, and coffee should be a daily drink integrated into life. "I grew up here, and love Gaoligong Mountains," said Li. The Gaoligong Mountains, where fertile soil, ideal temperatures and abundant sunlight situate it within the global coffee-growing belt, boast small-bean coffee. "It is my unwavering commitment to promote local small-bean coffee," added Li. Although made by different ways, both Turkish and Chinese coffee tell the story of people's pursuit of life with warmth and aroma. (Xinhua/Gao Yongwei)