ONANDJABA, 02 July 2026 – Chairperson of the Onandjaba Village Council, Erkki Kandjaba. (Photo: Contributed)

ONANDJABA, 02 July 2026 – Chairperson of the Onandjaba Village Council, Erkki Kandjaba. (Photo: Contributed)

MARIENTAL, 02 July 2026 - The NamPower Foundation has donated baby care essentials to vulnerable mothers in the Hardap Rural Constituency. (Photo: Joe-Chintha Garises) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 01 July 2026 - Minister of International Relations and Trade, Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, and the United States of America's Ambassador to Namibia, John Giordano, pictured at the USA's 250th Independence Day celebrations in Windhoek. (Photo by: Eba Kandovazu) NAMPA

GIBEON, 01 July 2026 - Residents of Gibeon have petitioned the Namibian Police Force’s Hardap regional commander, calling for an urgent investigation into allegations of police brutality and abuse of authority at the Gibeon Police Station. (Photo: Contributed)

OPUWO, 01 July 2026 - Minister of Urban and Rural Development James Sankwasa and the governor of Kunene Region, Vipuakuje Muharukua, during a stakeholder engagement on Wednesday in Opuwo. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

MPUNGU, 01 July 2026 - The construction of classrooms is underway at Cause Primary School in the Mpungu Constituency. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

MPUNGU, 01 July 2026 - The construction of classrooms is underway at Cause Primary School in the Mpungu Constituency (Photo by: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

Farmer Sharon Angoli, 22, inspects rice plants struggling to grow in a paddy field overrun by weeds during a drought in Torre Beretti, near Pavia, on July 3, 2026. Rice fields in the area are normally flooded at this time of year, but prolonged dry conditions have left many fields without sufficient water. Several waterways in northern Italy are in a "critical state" due to drought, and the weather forecast bodes ill for the coming days, the Po River Authority (ADBPO) said on July 3, 2026. (Photo by Piero CRUCIATTI / AFP)

03 July 2026, Hamburg: Rolf Bosse, chairman of the Hamburg Tenants' Association, holds a sign reading "Stop Rent Hikes!" at a rally organized by the German Trade Union Federation (DGB) and the Hamburg Tenants' Association against cuts to social services and in support of a strong, solidarity-based welfare state, as well as affordable housing and a nationwide rent freeze. The DGB Hamburg and the Hamburg Tenants' Association called for the rally under the slogan "No to Social Cuts-Defenders of the Welfare State Stand Together!" Photo: Marcus Brandt/dpa

(FILES) Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado delivers a speech at the National Assembly in Panama City on May 25, 2026. Exiled Venezuela opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado said on July 3, 2026, that her return would help stabilize the country after twin earthquakes that have killed nearly 2,600 people. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP)

A woman wipes sweat from her face as she walks through Midtown Manhattan during a heatwave in New York City on July 3, 2026. Blistering temperatures and humidity has gripped swaths of the United States this week, with more to come for the densely populated East Coast as the nation co-hosts the World Cup and prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday on July 4. The heat wave that has been broiling the Midwest is intensifying in the Northeast, with temperatures surpassing 100F (38C) in cities including New York, Philadelphia and Washington. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

A fan of Taylor Swift sits in the shade outside Madison Square Garden, the reported venue for the wedding celebrations of pop singer Taylor Swift and pro-athlete Travis Kelce, in New York City on July 3, 2026. Swift and Kelce's official wedding plans are tightly under wraps, but New York is bracing to host the celebrity marriage of the year this week at Madison Square Garden. The wedding will reportedly take place Friday with a star-studded guest list of around 1,000, including models Gigi Hadid and Cara Delevingne, singer Selena Gomez, and actress Zoe Kravitz -- all known to be close Swift pals -- and Kelce's Kansas City Chiefs teammates. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

Motorists form a queue as they wait to refuel their cars at a Rosneft gas station in Moscow on July 3, 2026. Russia's largest oil giants are tightening fuel restrictions at their gas stations in Moscow and its surroundigs as the fuel crisis, engulfed virtually every region, deepens after the Kapotnya refinery in Moscow burned twice in June as a result of Ukrainian drone strikes, as well as few more refineries in Russia, and now dispensing no more than 20 liters of gasoline per vehicle. Filling canisters is prohibited, local media report. (Photo by Igor IVANKO / AFP)

Tourists arrive at a pier in Pattaya on July 3, 2026. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)

People look at the shoreline from Pratumnak Hill in Pattaya on July 3, 2026. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)