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)
(251229) -- CHONGQING, Dec. 29, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 29, 2025 shows the first freight train from Fangchenggang City of Guangxi to Qijiang District of Chongqing arriving at the Qijiang North railway station in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. The first freight train of the Guangxi Fangchenggang-Chongqing Qijiang railway, part of China's New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor rail service which is a crucial logistics link between China's western inland regions and global markets, arrived at the Qijiang North railway station in Chongqing on Monday. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)
(251229) -- CHONGQING, Dec. 29, 2025 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 29, 2025 shows the reception ceremony for the first freight train from Fangchenggang City of Guangxi to Qijiang District of Chongqing is held at the Qijiang North railway station in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. The first freight train of the Guangxi Fangchenggang-Chongqing Qijiang railway, part of China's New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor rail service which is a crucial logistics link between China's western inland regions and global markets, arrived at the Qijiang North railway station in Chongqing on Monday. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)
(251229) -- CHONGQING, Dec. 29, 2025 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 29, 2025 shows the first freight train from Fangchenggang City of Guangxi to Qijiang District of Chongqing arriving at the Qijiang North railway station in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. The first freight train of the Guangxi Fangchenggang-Chongqing Qijiang railway, part of China's New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor rail service which is a crucial logistics link between China's western inland regions and global markets, arrived at the Qijiang North railway station in Chongqing on Monday. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)
(251229) -- CHONGQING, Dec. 29, 2025 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 29, 2025 shows the first freight train from Fangchenggang City of Guangxi to Qijiang District of Chongqing arriving at the Qijiang North railway station in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. The first freight train of the Guangxi Fangchenggang-Chongqing Qijiang railway, part of China's New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor rail service which is a crucial logistics link between China's western inland regions and global markets, arrived at the Qijiang North railway station in Chongqing on Monday. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)
(251229) -- BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Girls take a selfie in front of a promotional display for the premiere of Chinese animated blockbuster "Ne Zha 2" in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on June 25, 2025. Top 10 China news events of 2025 2. "Ne Zha 2" tops global animation box office The global earnings of Chinese animated powerhouse "Ne Zha 2" exceeded 15 billion yuan (about 2.14 billion U.S. dollars) on March 14, making it the highest-grossing animated movie of all time worldwide. The milestone marks a historic breakthrough for Chinese cinema and forms part of a broader wave of cultural moments over the past year that have reinforced China's growing cultural presence on the global stage. (Xinhua/Luo Chen)
(251229) -- BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Dec. 9, 2025 shows Shenzhou-21 astronauts Zhang Lu and Wu Fei (R) performing extravehicular activities outside China's orbiting space station. Top 10 China news events of 2025 3. China achieves breakthroughs in major sci-tech projects China made advancements in space exploration in 2025 with the successful launches of three Shenzhou spacecraft and its first asteroid sample-return mission, Tianwen-2, as well as the 600th launch of the Long March rocket. Over the past year, breakthroughs such as the AI model DeepSeek, the deep-sea manned submersible Fendouzhe (Striver), and the launch of the Fujian -- China's first aircraft carrier equipped with electromagnetic catapults -- have bolstered the country's technological self-reliance. (Xinhua/Liu Yi)
(251229) -- BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2025 (Xinhua) -- The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee presides over the fourth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Committee in Beijing, capital of China, from Oct. 20 to 23, 2025. Top 10 China news events of 2025 7. CPC holds key plenum for mulling five-year plan for 2026-2030 The 20th CPC Central Committee convened its fourth plenary session from Oct. 20 to 23 and adopted the Party leadership's recommendations for formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan. Xi briefed the plenary session on the drafting of the recommendations. The document accurately assesses the historical juncture at which the Party and the country's undertakings will stand during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), makes an in-depth analysis of the profound and complex changes in China's development environment, and provides top-level design and strategic planning for development over the next five years. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)
(251229) -- BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, reviews troops during a grand gathering commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2025. Top 10 China news events of 2025 6. China stages WWII V-Day parade in Tian'anmen Square China held a massive military parade in Beijing's Tian'anmen Square on Sept. 3, marking the 80th anniversary of victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. Xi addressed the event and reviewed the troops. A total of 61 foreign heads of state and government, senior representatives of relevant countries, heads of international organizations, former political leaders and other dignitaries attended the event. (Xinhua/Li Gang)