WINDHOEK, 26 December 2025 - The Katutura State Hospital maternity ward. (Photo by: Edward Tenete) NAMPA

KATIMA MULILO, 25 December 2025 - Sister Emely Chidolo speaks to Nampa while 19-year-old first-time mother, Emelia Kachelo takes a recuperation nap on her hospital bed on Thursday afternoon. (Photo by: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

Okatana Constituency councillor Petrus Shigwedha Ashipala. (Photo: Contributed)

GROOTFONTEIN, 19 December 2025 - The accident scene where two trucks and a passenger bus were involved in a collision Friday afternoon outside Grootfontein in the Otjozondjupa Region. (Photo: Contributed)

31 December 2025, Hamburg: Employees of the German Red Cross (DRK) stand in front of the floating stage of the ZDF New Year's Eve show on the Chicagikai in front of the Westfield Hamburg-Ueberseequartier in Hafencity. The ZDF New Year's Eve show is taking place in Hamburg's Hafencity for the first time. Photo: Christian Charisius/dpa

31 December 2025, Berlin: Police officers watch for fireworks being set off just outside the prohibited zone on Sonnenallee on New Year's Eve. At the turn of the year, Berlin has four firecracker ban zones in which, in addition to a ban on fireworks and firecrackers, the carrying of knives and weapons is also prohibited. Photo: Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa

31 December 2025, Hamburg: The floating stage for the ZDF New Year's Eve show is set up on the Chicagokai in front of the Westfield Hamburg Ueberseequartier in HafenCity. The ZDF New Year's Eve show is taking place in Hamburg's HafenCity for the first time. Photo: Christian Charisius/dpa

(260101) -- JAKARTA, Jan. 1, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People gather to celebrate the New Year in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 1, 2026. (Xinhua/Zulkarnain)