WINDHOEK, 08 December 2025 - Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp (C) pictured during a media conference of the announcement of subsidised tertiary education funding model. (Photo by: Mathilde Kudumo) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 07 December 2025 - Namibian cyclist Nina Holtrup pictured at the finish line after winning the 2025 Nedbank Desert Dash. The 21st edition of the iconic endurance event saw riders take off from the Grove Mall in Windhoek and concluded at Platz Am Meer in Swakopmund, riding across the Namib Desert. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 05 December 2025 - Namibia’s endurance cyclist Drikus Coetzee in action during the 2025 Nedbank Desert Dash. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

OTJIWARONGO, 04 December 2025 - Briefings on the rehabilitation and resurfacing of roads at Otjiwarongo took place at the Otjiwarongo Municipality chambers on Thursday. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

(251209) -- BEIJING, Dec. 9, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Dec. 9, 2025 shows Shenzhou-21 astronauts performing extravehicular activities outside China's orbiting space station. The Shenzhou-21 crew aboard China's orbiting space station completed their mission's first series of extravehicular activities on Tuesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency. (Xinhua/Liu Yi)

People visit a bookstore in Tianjin on December 9, 2025. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)

People visit a bookstore in Tianjin on December 9, 2025. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)

Former Olympic gold medalist gymnast Nina Derwael (R) speaks with King Philippe - Filip of Belgium before receiving the insignia of Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold during a ceremony at the Royal Castle in Laeken, on the outskirts of Brussels, on December 9, 2025. (Photo by BENOIT DOPPAGNE / Belga / AFP) / Belgium OUT