WINDHOEK, 13 September 2026 - Liberation struggle veteran, former Robben Island prisoner, and lifelong workers' rights advocate Helao Joseph Shityuwete was laid to rest at the Gammams Cemetery in Pionierspark, Windhoek, on Sunday following a state funeral. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 13 September 2026 - One Economy Foundation Executive Chairperson and United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Advocate Monica Geingos. (Photo: Contributed)

NKURENKURU, 13 September 2026- Kavango West Governor Verna Sinimbo speaking at the Namibia’s National Prayer Day 2026, in Nkurenkuru on Saturday. (Photo: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Vice President Lucia Witbooi, and Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare and members of parliament joined hundreds of Namibians at the Independence Arena to observe the National Day of Prayer. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - Hundreds gathered at the Independence Arena in Windhoek to observe the National Day of Prayer, uniting to seek divine intervention against social challenges. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 12 September 2026 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah addresses the nation at the Independence Arena in Katutura during the National Day of Prayer, calling for behavioral transformation to save lives. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaeku) NAMPA.

KATIMA MULILO, 12 September 2026 – Hundreds of people gathered at Kamunu Hall in Katima Mulilo on Saturday to join the rest of the country in observing National Day of Prayer. (Photo: Contributed)

KATIMA MULILO, 12 September 2026 - Zambezi Governor, Dorothy Kabula-Simushi delivered the regional keynote address at the National Day of Prayer. (Photo: Contributed)

14 September 2026, Saarland, Voelklingen: A school bus is pictured after it collided with several cars and crashed into the wall of a house in the Geislautern neighborhood in Voelklingen. According to the police initial reports, several people were injured. Photo: Becker & Bredel/dpa

14 September 2026, Berlin: German Minister for Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth Karin Prien speaks at a press conference in Berlin to present the book "After So Much Pain and Suffering - First Letters After the Holocaust." In collaboration with the international Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem, Herder Publishing is releasing letters from the immediate postwar period written by Holocaust survivors. These letters bear witness to the horrors of the Holocaust, the return to a lost homeland, and the hope for a new beginning. Photo: Michael Ukas/dpa

14 September 2026, Berlin: Friends of Yad Vashem e.V. Chairman Kai Diekmann (L) attends a press conference in Berlin to present the book "After So Much Pain and Suffering - First Letters After the Holocaust." In collaboration with the international Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem, Herder Publishing is releasing letters from the immediate postwar period written by Holocaust survivors. These letters bear witness to the horrors of the Holocaust, the return to a lost homeland, and the hope for a new beginning. Photo: Michael Ukas/dpa

14 September 2026, Berlin: Alfred Landecker Foundation Co-CEO Lena Altman speaks at a press conference in Berlin to present the book "After So Much Pain and Suffering - First Letters After the Holocaust." In collaboration with the international Holocaust memorial site Yad Vashem, Herder Publishing is releasing letters from the immediate postwar period written by Holocaust survivors. These letters bear witness to the horrors of the Holocaust, the return to a lost homeland, and the hope for a new beginning. Photo: Michael Ukas/dpa

FILED - 15 March 2025, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: FILE PHOTO - Participants hold up flags bearing the IG Metall logo during a demonstration in Cologne. Photo: Thomas Banneyer/dpa

(260914) -- HEIHE, Sept. 14, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A police officer of the Heihe border inspection station presents flowers to a Russian passenger, who is the one-millionth passenger going through customs in Heihe this year, at a port in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 14, 2026. Cross-border personnel exchanges at the Heihe Port are getting more and more active since the implementation of the visa-free policy between China and Russia. The number of inbound and outbound passenger trips through the port since the beginning of 2026 has hit a record high of 1 million until Monday, an increase of 56.18 percent year on year. (Photo by Liu Song/Xinhua)

(260914) -- HEIHE, Sept. 14, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Police officers of Heihe border inspection station perform entry inspection for inbound foreign passengers at a port in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 14, 2026. Cross-border personnel exchanges at the Heihe Port are getting more and more active since the implementation of the visa-free policy between China and Russia. The number of inbound and outbound passenger trips through the port since the beginning of 2026 has hit a record high of 1 million until Monday, an increase of 56.18 percent year on year. (Photo by Liu Song/Xinhua)

(260914) -- HEIHE, Sept. 14, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Foreign passengers walk toward the border inspection hall at a port in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 14, 2026. Cross-border personnel exchanges at the Heihe Port are getting more and more active since the implementation of the visa-free policy between China and Russia. The number of inbound and outbound passenger trips through the port since the beginning of 2026 has hit a record high of 1 million until Monday, an increase of 56.18 percent year on year. (Photo by Liu Song/Xinhua)