OUTJO, 22 January 2026 - SummerJive tournament organisers Bonny Haeseb, Macdonald Tjaritje and Daniel Hafeni. The tournament is set to take place at the Etoshapoort Sports Stadium in Outjo on 29 and 30 August. (Photo: Contributed)
OSHAKATI- 22 January 2026 - The Oshana Police Regional Commander, Naftal Lungameni Sakaria pictured during his new year address and the launch of Operation Ndjadila at the regional headquarters in Oshakati on Thursday. (Photo by: Ester Hakaala) NAMPA
WINDHOEK, 22 January 2026 - Nanso's Secretary for Basic and Secondary Education, Lavinia Leonard, speaking at a press conference in Windhoek. (Photo by: Edward Tenete) NAMPA
OTJIWARONGO, 22 January 2026 - Sports officer in the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Jeaneth Kaundje talks about the Under-20 football trials set to take place on Saturday at the Mokoati Sports Stadium. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA
DAVOS, 21 January 2026 - Director-General of the National Planning Commission (NPC), Kaire Mbuende, addressed a high-level session on ‘The Future of Nuclear Energy in Africa’ at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday. (Photo: Contributed)
KATIMA MULILO, 22 January 2026 - Security guards from various firms staged a peaceful demonstration at Katima Mulilo on Thursday to demand higher wages and an end to alleged labour exploitation. (Photo by: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA
KATIMA MULILO, 22 January 2026 - Lorna Shalyefu, the acting administration head at the regional office of the Ministry of Justice and Labour Relations, receives a petition from security guards from various firms who staged a peaceful demonstration at Katima Mulilo on Thursday. (Photo by: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA
GROOTFONTEIN, 21 January 2026 - The Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Gender Equality, Health and Social Service, Nono Katjingisiua pictured at Kombat Clinic on Wednesday. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA
(260123) -- TONGJIANG, Jan. 23, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Tourists pose for photos during a winter fishing festival in Jiejinkou Hezhe Ethnic Township, Tongjiang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Jan. 23, 2026. The event, held on a frozen lake, is part of the province's winter fishing events. It integrates traditional Hezhe fishing and hunting culture with folk sports, offering visitors an immersive experience of the icy landscape and unique Hezhe customs. (Photo by Liu Wanping/Xinhua)
(260123) -- TONGJIANG, Jan. 23, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 23, 2026 shows a scene of a winter fishing festival in Jiejinkou Hezhe Ethnic Township, Tongjiang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The event, held on a frozen lake, is part of the province's winter fishing events. It integrates traditional Hezhe fishing and hunting culture with folk sports, offering visitors an immersive experience of the icy landscape and unique Hezhe customs. (Photo by Liu Wanping/Xinhua)
(260123) -- TONGJIANG, Jan. 23, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People of the Hezhe ethnic group participate in a folk sport during a winter fishing festival in Jiejinkou Hezhe Ethnic Township, Tongjiang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Jan. 23, 2026. The event, held on a frozen lake, is part of the province's winter fishing events. It integrates traditional Hezhe fishing and hunting culture with folk sports, offering visitors an immersive experience of the icy landscape and unique Hezhe customs. (Photo by Liu Wanping/Xinhua)
(260123) -- TONGJIANG, Jan. 23, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A man of the Hezhe ethnic group (C) poses for a photo with a fish he caught during a winter fishing festival in Jiejinkou Hezhe Ethnic Township, Tongjiang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Jan. 23, 2026. The event, held on a frozen lake, is part of the province's winter fishing events. It integrates traditional Hezhe fishing and hunting culture with folk sports, offering visitors an immersive experience of the icy landscape and unique Hezhe customs. (Photo by Liu Wanping/Xinhua)
(260123) -- TONGJIANG, Jan. 23, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People of the Hezhe ethnic group participate in a folk sport during a winter fishing festival in Jiejinkou Hezhe Ethnic Township, Tongjiang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Jan. 23, 2026. The event, held on a frozen lake, is part of the province's winter fishing events. It integrates traditional Hezhe fishing and hunting culture with folk sports, offering visitors an immersive experience of the icy landscape and unique Hezhe customs. (Photo by Liu Wanping/Xinhua)
(260123) -- TONGJIANG, Jan. 23, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People of the Hezhe ethnic group stage a folk performance during a winter fishing festival in Jiejinkou Hezhe Ethnic Township, Tongjiang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Jan. 23, 2026. The event, held on a frozen lake, is part of the province's winter fishing events. It integrates traditional Hezhe fishing and hunting culture with folk sports, offering visitors an immersive experience of the icy landscape and unique Hezhe customs. (Photo by Liu Wanping/Xinhua)
(260123) -- TOKYO, Jan. 23, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 23, 2026 shows an exterior view of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo, Janpan. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.75 percent after concluding its two-day policy meeting on Friday. The BOJ also released the latest Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices, revising the forecasts for gross domestic product growth in fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2026 upward. Meanwhile, the quarterly report said consumer prices, excluding volatile fresh food, in the current fiscal year through March will rise 2.7 percent. In fiscal 2026, the figure is expected to be 1.9 percent, while it is 2 percent for fiscal 2027, which ends March 2028. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
(260123) -- TOKYO, Jan. 23, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 23, 2026 shows an exterior view of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo, Janpan. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.75 percent after concluding its two-day policy meeting on Friday. The BOJ also released the latest Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices, revising the forecasts for gross domestic product growth in fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2026 upward. Meanwhile, the quarterly report said consumer prices, excluding volatile fresh food, in the current fiscal year through March will rise 2.7 percent. In fiscal 2026, the figure is expected to be 1.9 percent, while it is 2 percent for fiscal 2027, which ends March 2028. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)