WINDHOEK, 25 March 2026 - Participants pictured at the Khomas Integrated Regional Development Plan stakeholder consultation in Windhoek on Wednesday. (Photo by: Esther Gabriel) NAMPA

KARIBIB, 20 March 2026 - Navachab Gold Mine Corporate Communications Officer, Mclyn Kasale speaks to the media on the early-stage construction of a N.dollars 120 million health centre in Karibib, aimed at improving access to healthcare services in the area. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

OSHAKATI, 24 March 2026 - Anna Pashukeni Nghihepa, Inspector of Education for the Endola Circuit and Chairperson of the Ohangwena Regional Directorate of Education Award and prize giving committee. (Photo: Contributed)

NEU-SCHWABEN, 22 March 2026 - A kindergarten and literacy classroom structure at the Neu-Schwaben small-scale mining settlement in the Otjimbingwe area. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

Laura Marquez-Garrett (C, gray blazer), plaintiffs' attorney for SMVLC (Social Media Victims Law Center), gathers with family members of victims as they react to news that the jury has found Meta and YouTube liable in the social media addiction trial, outside the Los Angeles Superior Court , in Los Angeles, on March 25, 2026. A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found Meta and YouTube liable for harming a young woman through the addictive design of their social media platforms and ordered the companies to pay $3 million in damages. The decision delivering a landmark verdict that could reshape how the tech industry faces legal accountability for the mental health of young users. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP)

A fireball erupts following an Israeli strike near a tent encampment sheltering people displaced by war in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on March 25, 2026. Violence has persisted in Gaza despite a ceasefire which came into effect on October 10, with both Israel and Hamas regularly accusing each other of violations. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)

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People walk past the Kyiv National University building in central Kyiv on March 25, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)