WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 - Namibia University of Science and Technology Council Chairperson Leake Hangala. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 - Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 - Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah addresses an engagement with chief executive officers and chairpersons of Namibia's 78 State-owned enterprises, organised by the Public Enterprises CEOs' Forum. (Photo: Andreas Thomas) NAMPA

OPUWO, 06 August 2026 - Some of the 24 completed Mass Housing Development Programme houses handed over to beneficiaries in Opuwo, Kunene Region, on Thursday. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

OPUWO, 06 August 2026 - Urban and Rural Development Minister James Sankwasa speaks during the handover of 24 completed Mass Housing Development Programme houses in Opuwo, Kunene Region, on Thursday. (Photo: Kaviveterue Virere) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 06 August 2026 – International Training College Lingua celebrated its 25th anniversary on Thursday during a graduation ceremony for more than 1 200 students in Windhoek. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 06 AUG (NAMPA) – International Training College Lingua celebrated its 25th anniversary on Thursday during a graduation ceremony for more than 1 200 students in Windhoek. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

(260806) -- BANGKOK, Aug. 6, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A workshop on the "Digital South" initiative is held during the World Tour event of the Youth Leaders Community for Global Development (YLCGD) in Bangkok, Thailand, Aug. 3, 2026. The World Tour event of the YLCGD, organized by the Global Development Promotion Center under the China International Development Cooperation Agency, was held here from Aug. 3 to 5. Marking the fifth anniversary of the proposal of the Global Development Initiative (GDI), the event centered on the "Digital South" initiative under the GDI. (Xinhua/Sun Weitong)

(260806) -- BANGKOK, Aug. 6, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Suchana Sinthavathavorn, vice president of the Quality of Life and Security Development and Promotion Department, Digital Transformation Promotion Unit, Thailand Digital Economy Promotion Agency, speaks at a workshop on the "Digital South" initiative during the World Tour event of the Youth Leaders Community for Global Development (YLCGD) in Bangkok, Thailand, Aug. 3, 2026. The World Tour event of the YLCGD, organized by the Global Development Promotion Center under the China International Development Cooperation Agency, was held here from Aug. 3 to 5. Marking the fifth anniversary of the proposal of the Global Development Initiative (GDI), the event centered on the "Digital South" initiative under the GDI. (Xinhua/Sun Weitong)

(260806) -- BANGKOK, Aug. 6, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A roundtable dialogue on "Youth Responsibility in the Digital Era" is held during the World Tour event of the Youth Leaders Community for Global Development (YLCGD) in Bangkok, Thailand, Aug. 4, 2026. The World Tour event of the YLCGD, organized by the Global Development Promotion Center under the China International Development Cooperation Agency, was held here from Aug. 3 to 5. Marking the fifth anniversary of the proposal of the Global Development Initiative (GDI), the event centered on the "Digital South" initiative under the GDI. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak)

(260806) -- BANGKOK, Aug. 6, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A roundtable dialogue on "Youth Responsibility in the Digital Era" is held during the World Tour event of the Youth Leaders Community for Global Development (YLCGD) in Bangkok, Thailand, Aug. 4, 2026. The World Tour event of the YLCGD, organized by the Global Development Promotion Center under the China International Development Cooperation Agency, was held here from Aug. 3 to 5. Marking the fifth anniversary of the proposal of the Global Development Initiative (GDI), the event centered on the "Digital South" initiative under the GDI. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak)

(260806) -- BANGKOK, Aug. 6, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Xiguang, a representative from the Youth Leaders Community for Global Development (YLCGD) and founder of VAMOS Future Museum in China's Shenzhen, speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Bangkok, Thailand, Aug. 3, 2026. The World Tour event of the YLCGD, organized by the Global Development Promotion Center under the China International Development Cooperation Agency, was held here from Aug. 3 to 5. Marking the fifth anniversary of the proposal of the Global Development Initiative (GDI), the event centered on the "Digital South" initiative under the GDI. (Xinhua/Sun Weitong)

(260806) -- RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 6, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A guest looks at posters of films screened during the 5th China-Brazil film festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 5, 2026. The 5th China-Brazil film festival held its awarding ceremony in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. As part of the events held during the 2026 China-Brazil Cultural Year, the film festival will run from the 3rd to the 25th of this month, screening 19 films from China and Brazil. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)

(260806) -- RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 6, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 5, 2026 shows the awarding ceremony of the 5th China-Brazil film festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 5th China-Brazil film festival held its awarding ceremony in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. As part of the events held during the 2026 China-Brazil Cultural Year, the film festival will run from the 3rd to the 25th of this month, screening 19 films from China and Brazil. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)

This aerial photograph shows partially burnt pine trees on a scorched landscape in a forest area hit by the wildfire that swept through the Gironde region in Le Porge (village top), south-western France on August 6, 2026. Around 240 homes were destroyed by the flames, three-quarters of them in the municipality of Le Porge (population 3,500), according to a provisional assessment. No fatalities or civilian injuries have been reported. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP)