The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) Board of Directors chairperson, Tulimevava Mufeti. (Photo: Contributed)

MAPOREZA, 19 December 2025 - The Kavango West Regional Directorate of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture officially handing over construction sites to the Namibia Training Authority (NTA) at Maporeza village in the Kavango West Region on Friday. (Photo by: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

NKURENKURU, 18 December 2025 - Twenty-seven coaches completed the first NFA C-License coaching course in Nkurenkuru from 08-18 December 2025. (Photo by: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 18 December 2025 - The Namibian Revolutionary Transport and Manufacturing Union’s head, Petersen Kambinda pictured during the union’s end-of-year press conference in Windhoek. (Photo: Contributed)

Security personnel try to stop Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists along with others during a protest march near the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi on December 23, 2025, to condemn the killing of Hindu garment worker Dipu Chandra Das. On December 18, angry mobs in the majority Muslim nation of Bangladesh's capital of Dhaka attacked the offices of Prothom Alo and the Daily Star, torching parts of the buildings and vandalising the premises of the two publications caught up in surging anti-India sentiment in the wake of popular student leader Sharif Osman Hadi's death. The violence also saw Hindu garment worker Das killed following allegations of blasphemy. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)

(251223) -- HARBIN, Dec. 23, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 23, 2025 shows a scene at the Datonggou coal mine of Heilongjiang Fengyuan Mining Co., Ltd. following a flooding accident in Jixi, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The five people trapped in a coal mine accident on Sunday in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province have been confirmed dead, local authorities said on Tuesday. The flooding occurred at about 4:30 a.m. on Sunday at the Datonggou coal mine of Heilongjiang Fengyuan Mining Co., Ltd. in the city of Jixi, the Jixi publicity department said. Following intensive rescue operations, the bodies of all five individuals have been found but showed no signs of life. Post-accident response measures are now underway, and an investigation into the cause of the accident is ongoing. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

(251223) -- LIPING, Dec. 23, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A folk performance is staged for tourists in Zhaoxing Dong village of Liping County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 19, 2025. Zhaoxing Dong village, home to a captivating cultural landscape, has seen an influx of tourists as the Dong New Year approaches. In recent years, the local government has leveraged the village's rich Dong ethnic cultural resources in developing the tourism industry. Boosted by tourism and other feature industries, the local Dong people have improved their living standards by inheriting traditional craftsmanship, developing ethnic handicrafts, launching cultural and creative products, and expanding the homestay and catering businesses. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

(251223) -- LIPING, Dec. 23, 2025 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo shows a long-table banquet joined by tourists and locals in Zhaoxing Dong village of Liping County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 20, 2025. Zhaoxing Dong village, home to a captivating cultural landscape, has seen an influx of tourists as the Dong New Year approaches. In recent years, the local government has leveraged the village's rich Dong ethnic cultural resources in developing the tourism industry. Boosted by tourism and other feature industries, the local Dong people have improved their living standards by inheriting traditional craftsmanship, developing ethnic handicrafts, launching cultural and creative products, and expanding the homestay and catering businesses. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)