WINDHOEK, 14 January 2026 - Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp pictured during the official announcement of the 2025 NSSCO and NSSCAS examination results in Windhoek. (Photo by: Justina Shuumbwa) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 13 January 2026 - Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp pictured with some of the top performing learners in the 2025 national examinations. (Photo by: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 13 January 2026 - Stakeholders attending the five-day SADC Agricultural Information Management Systems (AIMS) workshop, which is being held under the second phase of the support towards the Operationalisation of the SADC Regional Agricultural Policy in Swakopmund. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 12 January 2026 - Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts and Culture Sanet Steenkamp visited several schools in Swakopmund as part of her ministry’s assessment on how schools in Erongo Region were opening and to present the 2025 national examination results to President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

(260116) -- HAIYAN, Jan. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Workers operate at the construction site of a main tower of the northern navigation channel bridge along the Hangzhou Bay Cross-Sea Railway Bridge in east China's Zhejiang Province, on Jan. 16, 2026. The 200-meter-high No. 8 main tower of the northern navigation channel bridge along the Hangzhou Bay Cross-Sea Railway Bridge was topped out on Friday. The 29.2-km-long Hangzhou Bay Cross-Sea Railway Bridge, which is a crucial segment of the Nantong-Suzhou-Jiaxing-Ningbo High Speed Railway, consists of three navigation channel bridges and 26-km-long approach bridges, and adopts a ballastless double-track design, with a designed top speed of 350 kilometers per hour. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

(260116) -- HAIYAN, Jan. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo taken on Jan. 16, 2026 shows the topped-out No. 8 main tower (L) of the northern navigation channel bridge along the Hangzhou Bay Cross-Sea Railway Bridge in east China's Zhejiang Province. The 200-meter-high No. 8 main tower of the northern navigation channel bridge along the Hangzhou Bay Cross-Sea Railway Bridge was topped out on Friday. The 29.2-km-long Hangzhou Bay Cross-Sea Railway Bridge, which is a crucial segment of the Nantong-Suzhou-Jiaxing-Ningbo High Speed Railway, consists of three navigation channel bridges and 26-km-long approach bridges, and adopts a ballastless double-track design, with a designed top speed of 350 kilometers per hour. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

(260116) -- HAIKOU, Jan. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Hainan Science and Technology Museum in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 15, 2026. The Hainan Science and Technology Museum has recently kicked off trial operation, drawing numerous families and science fans to explore the immersive and hands-on exhibits there. A brand-new landmark for science popularization in the Hainan Free Trade Port, the museum in a spiraling "auspicious cloud" design boasts a total construction area of approximately 46,500 square meters. It highlights Hainan's advantages in innovation, showcases local technological achievements, and reflects the integration of ecology and technology. (Xinhua/Zhang Liyun)

(260116) -- HAIKOU, Jan. 16, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A staff member demonstrates a simple science experiment at the Hainan Science and Technology Museum in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 15, 2026. The Hainan Science and Technology Museum has recently kicked off trial operation, drawing numerous families and science fans to explore the immersive and hands-on exhibits there. A brand-new landmark for science popularization in the Hainan Free Trade Port, the museum in a spiraling "auspicious cloud" design boasts a total construction area of approximately 46,500 square meters. It highlights Hainan's advantages in innovation, showcases local technological achievements, and reflects the integration of ecology and technology. (Xinhua/Zhang Liyun)