GABORONE, 06 July 2026 - Southern African officials will meet in Johannesburg from 15 to 17 July to advance public spending efficiency through cost-benefit analysis. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

NEW YORK, 07 July 2026 - Diene Keita, Executive Director of UNFPA. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 07 July 2026 - Ana Beatriz Martins, European Union (EU) Ambassador to Namibia. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

GENEVA, 06 July 2026 - Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus, pictured with Chairperson of the PowerCom Board, Eldorette Harmse, Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Dr Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava; and Namibia's Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Elvis Shiweda, during the Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday. (Photo by: Josephina Simeon) NAMPA

GUANGZHOU, 06 July 2026 - A car assembly line at the Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) car company. GAC is China’s state-owned automaker. Which manufactures vehicles under its own marques (GAC Motor and AION) and operates highly successful joint ventures with Honda and Toyota. With global reach across 86 regions, it is rapidly expanding into EVs and international production. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

GUANGZHOU, 06 July 2026 - China's GAC International plans to establish a vehicle assembly operation in Namibia before the end of 2026 as part of its expansion into Southern Africa. The right-hand-drive AION V electric vehicle (pictured here) will be among the models assembled at the envisioned motor assembly plant. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

GUANGZHOU, 06 July 2026 - China's GAC International plans to establish a vehicle assembly operation in Namibia before the end of 2026 as part of its expansion into Southern Africa. The right-hand-drive AION V electric vehicle (pictured here) will be among the models assembled at the envisioned motor assembly plant. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

WALVIS BAY, 24 April 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah and Vice President Lucia Witbooi accompanied by other senior officials during a recent visit to the Seaworks fishing factory in Walvis Bay. They are looking at some of the most popularly imported seafood. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

(260709) --BEIJING, July 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo released by Pakistan Navy on July 8, 2026 shows the wreckage of a missing K2 Airways cargo Boeing 737 aircraft on a naval ship after being recovered from deep sea near Ormara town, Pakistan. Pakistan's Navy on Wednesday located the wreckage of a missing K2 Airways cargo Boeing 737 aircraft in the Arabian Sea after a 12-hour search and rescue operation, the Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) said in a statement. (Pakistan Navy/Handout via Xinhua)

(260709) --BEIJING, July 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 8, 2026 shows the site of an explosion of a fireworks factory at Pirotecnica Mattei in Borgorose, Rieti Province, Italy. Two people were killed after an explosion ripped through a fireworks factory in central Italy on Wednesday morning, Italian daily La Repubblica reported. (Xinhua)

(260709) --BEIJING, July 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on July 8, 2026 shows a view of the construction site of the Xiamen section of the Xiamen-Kinmen bridge, in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province. The two sides of an arch structure of Guanyinshan Interchange of the Xiamen section of the Xiamen-Kinmen bridge were joined together on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

(260709) --BEIJING, July 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers evacuate stranded teachers and students at Xijiang education park in Guigang City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 8, 2026. The torrential rains caused by Typhoon Maysak left many school personnel and students trapped by floods at Xijiang education park in Guigang. Local authorities organized rescue forces to evacuate stranded teachers and students here on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)

(260709) --BEIJING, July 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A woman uses a folding fan to shield herself from the sun in Arles, France, July 8, 2026. France has experienced high temperatures this summer. (Xinhua/Wu Huiwo)

(260709) --BEIJING, July 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Staff members remove fallen trees in Huanggang Normal University of Huanggang City in central China's Hubei Province, July 8, 2026. A tornado struck the urban area of Huanggang City on Monday, causing damage to multiple buildings of Huanggang Normal University. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)

(260709) --BEIJING, July 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A data collector captures real-world inputs for embodied intelligent devices at a cafe scenario in Yunyan District of Guiyang City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 6, 2026. With the rapid development of embodied artificial intelligence (AI), a new profession, trainers of embodied AI, has emerged, which comprise roles such as data collectors. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

A portrait of Lorenzo Salgado is seen at a memorial where he was killed by an ICE agent, during a protest in Houston, Texas, on July 8, 2026. US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials said Tuesday that a federal immigration agent shot and killed a Mexican national during an attempted vehicle stop in Texas. In a statement posted to X, DHS said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents attempted to stop Lorenzo Salgado's vehicle in Houston early Tuesday morning, but the man "attempted to evade arrest." (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)