Okatana Constituency councillor Petrus Shigwedha Ashipala. (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)

KATIMA MULILO, 18 December 2025 - Zambezi Region Governor, Dorothy Kabula is urging residents to guard against gender-based violence and human trafficking this festive season. (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

(251224) -- BEIJING, Dec. 24, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, attends a meeting held during an ongoing session of the NPC Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 24, 2025. Lawmakers in attendance deliberated on a report on inspecting the implementation of the Energy Conservation Law, and launched a joint inquiry at the meeting. (Xinhua/Zhang Ling)

(251224) -- YANGON, Dec. 24, 2025 (Xinhua) -- An artist sings during a classical poetry recitation and musical concert at Myanmar Radio and Television in Yangon, Myanmar, Dec. 24, 2025. The classical poetry recitation and musical concert, jointly organized by China's Guangxi Radio and Television and Myanmar Radio and Television under Myanmar's Ministry of Information, brought together around 200 audience members from the Chinese and Myanmar communities. TO GO WITH "Feature: Poetry, song bridge cultures at China-Myanmar friendship event in Yangon" (Xinhua/Myo Kyaw Soe)

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during a state awards ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 24, 2025. (Photo by Mikhail METZEL / POOL / AFP)

Algeria's midfielder #10 Ismael Bennacer controls the ball during the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) Group E football match between Algeria and Sudan at Moulay Hassan Stadium in Rabat on December 24, 2025. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP)