OSHAKATI, 20 March 2026 - Oshana Chief Regional Officer Teopolina Hamutumua. (Photo: Contributed)

WINDHOEK, 21 March 2026 - Members of the public at the 36 Independence celebrations at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek. (Photo by: Ali Negumbo) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 21 March 2026 - Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs, Frans Kapofi, speaks at the Independence celebrations at the Sam Nujoma Stadium. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 21 March 2026 - Swapo Member of Parliament, Fenny Tutjavi, speaks at the independence celebrations at the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Windhoek. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

22 March 2026, Rhineland-Palatinate, Bad Bergzabern: Alexander Schweitzer of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate and leading candidate for the state election in Rhineland-Palatinate, casts his vote for the state election in the Schlosshalle. Photo: Uli Deck/dpa

Marseille's incumbent mayor and broad left-wing coalition Printemps Marseillais candidate for re-election Benoit Payan casts his ballot during the second round of France's 2026 municipal elections in Marseille, southern France on March 22, 2026. (Photo by Pascal POCHARD-CASABIANCA / AFP)

Jordan Gumberg of the US poses with the trophy after winning the DP World Tour Hainan Classic golf tournament at the Mission Hills golf course in Haikou, in China’s southern Hainan province on March 22, 2026. (Photo by CN-STR / AFP) / China OUT

Pakistan Cricket Board chairman and the country's interior minister Mohsin Naqvi speaks during a press conference in Lahore on March 22, 2026. Pakistan's Twenty20 league will be held on schedule from March 26 but without crowds and only at two venues to save resources due to the Gulf crisis, the country's cricket chief announced on March 22. (Photo by AFP)