MARIENTAL, 22 March 2026 - Minister of ICT, Emma Theofelus, addresses Hardap residents during the Independence celebrations in Mariental. (Photo: Contributed)
GOBABIS, 21 March 2026 - Director General of the National Planning Commission, Dr Kaire Mbuende. (Photo: Contributed)
OSHAKATI, 20 March 2026 - Oshana Chief Regional Officer Teopolina Hamutumua. (Photo: Contributed)
OSHAKATI, 21 March 2026 - Chairperson of the Uukwambi Traditional Authority, Herman Iipumbu, pictured during the 36th independence anniversary celebration in Oshakati. (Photo by: Ester Hakaala) NAMPA
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 - 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 - Former Trade and Industry Minister and liberation struggle veteran Ben Amathila pictured at the 36th independence celebrations in Windhoek. (Photo by: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA
FILED - 02 March 2026, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Karlsruhe: A sign with the federal eagle and the words "Bundesgerichtshof" (Federal Court of Justice), is pictured in front of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH). Germany's Federal Court of Justice (BGH) on Monday dismissed climate lawsuits filed against automotive giants BMW and Mercedes-Benz over the sale of new combustion engine vehicles beyond 2030. Photo: Uli Deck/dpa
23 March 2026, Berlin: Baerbel Bas, German Minister of Labor and Social Affairs and Social Democratic Party (SPD) Party Chairwoman, and Lars Klingbeil, German Minister of Finance, Vice Chancellor and SPD Federal Chairman, give a press statement after their party's committee meetings in the Willy Brandt House. The topic was the result of the Rhineland-Palatinate state elections. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa
23 March 2026, Berlin: Baerbel Bas, German Minister of Labor and Social Affairs and Social Democratic Party (SPD) Party Chairwoman, and Lars Klingbeil, German Minister of Finance, Vice Chancellor and SPD Federal Chairman, give a press statement after their party's committee meetings in the Willy Brandt House. The topic was the result of the Rhineland-Palatinate state elections. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa
23 March 2026, Berlin: Baerbel Bas, German Minister of Labor and Social Affairs and Social Democratic Party (SPD) Party Chairwoman, and Lars Klingbeil, German Minister of Finance, Vice Chancellor and SPD Federal Chairman, give a press statement after their party's committee meetings in the Willy Brandt House. The topic was the result of the Rhineland-Palatinate state elections. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa
AFP presents a reportage of 45 images by AFP photographers of the search for Kosovo's war missing as forensics expert conducted excavations in southern Kosovo from February 27 to March 18, 2026. Search all these reportage images using KOSOVO-INVESTIGATION-WAR-MISSING Search "REPORTAGE" to source all feature, magazine and photo essays (Photo by Armend NIMANI / AFP)
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) chairs a meeting on economic issues in Moscow on March 23, 2026. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov / POOL / AFP)
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (L) applauds Gordon Schnieder, the conservative CDU party's top candidate for state elections in the southwestern state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on March 23, 2026, one day after the vote, at the CDU's headquarters in Berlin. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives ousted the centre-left Social Democratic Party in the closely watched state election in which the far right also made big gains, according to exit polls. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (L) applauds Gordon Schnieder, the conservative CDU party's top candidate for state elections in the southwestern state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on March 23, 2026, one day after the vote, at the CDU's headquarters in Berlin. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives ousted the centre-left Social Democratic Party in the closely watched state election in which the far right also made big gains, according to exit polls. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)