SICHUAN, 08 July 2026 - Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, Inge Zaamwani. (Photo: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

OSHITAYI, 08 July 2026 - Ondangwa Urban Constituency Councillor Leonard Negonga address learners during the Ondangwa Urban Annual Constituency Culture Festival 2026 on Wednesday. (Photo: Ester Hakaala) NAMPA

BEIJING, 09 July 2026 - Director of Sinomine Group and Chief Executive Officer of Sinomine Tsumeb Smelter, Logan Lou Yonggang. (Photo: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

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

(260711) -- WENZHOU, July 11, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A volunteer arranges supplies at a temporary shelter, which hosts 20 local villagers affected by Typhoon Bavi, in Yongjia County of Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 10, 2026. Zhejiang Province in east China raised its typhoon emergency response to the highest level on Saturday as Typhoon Bavi, the 9th typhoon of 2026, barrels toward the country's eastern coast, triggering widespread disaster prevention efforts across multiple provincial-level regions. According to Zhejiang Meteorological Observatory, the severe typhoon was located some 489 km off the coast of the province's city of Wenzhou as of 9 a.m. on Saturday, packing strong-typhoon-level winds near its center. It is forecast to move northwest at a speed of 30 to 35 km per hour and make landfall in Zhejiang around midnight. (Xinhua/Jiang Han)

(260711) -- WENZHOU, July 11, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A deliveryman rides amid wind and rain in Yueqing of Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 11, 2026. Zhejiang Province in east China raised its typhoon emergency response to the highest level on Saturday as Typhoon Bavi, the 9th typhoon of 2026, barrels toward the country's eastern coast, triggering widespread disaster prevention efforts across multiple provincial-level regions. According to Zhejiang Meteorological Observatory, the severe typhoon was located some 489 km off the coast of the province's city of Wenzhou as of 9 a.m. on Saturday, packing strong-typhoon-level winds near its center. It is forecast to move northwest at a speed of 30 to 35 km per hour and make landfall in Zhejiang around midnight. (Xinhua/Jiang Han)

(260711) -- WENZHOU, July 11, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 11, 2026 shows the doors and windows of a closed store, reinforced with windproof measures, in Yueqing of Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. Zhejiang Province in east China raised its typhoon emergency response to the highest level on Saturday as Typhoon Bavi, the 9th typhoon of 2026, barrels toward the country's eastern coast, triggering widespread disaster prevention efforts across multiple provincial-level regions. According to Zhejiang Meteorological Observatory, the severe typhoon was located some 489 km off the coast of the province's city of Wenzhou as of 9 a.m. on Saturday, packing strong-typhoon-level winds near its center. It is forecast to move northwest at a speed of 30 to 35 km per hour and make landfall in Zhejiang around midnight. (Xinhua/Jiang Han)

(260711) -- WENZHOU, July 11, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A police officer (R) inspects the reinforced mooring ropes on a vessel berthing along the Oujiang River in Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 10, 2026. Zhejiang Province in east China raised its typhoon emergency response to the highest level on Saturday as Typhoon Bavi, the 9th typhoon of 2026, barrels toward the country's eastern coast, triggering widespread disaster prevention efforts across multiple provincial-level regions. According to Zhejiang Meteorological Observatory, the severe typhoon was located some 489 km off the coast of the province's city of Wenzhou as of 9 a.m. on Saturday, packing strong-typhoon-level winds near its center. It is forecast to move northwest at a speed of 30 to 35 km per hour and make landfall in Zhejiang around midnight. (Xinhua/Jiang Han)

(260711) -- WENZHOU, July 11, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A volunteer makes beds at a temporary shelter, which hosts 20 local villagers affected by Typhoon Bavi, in Yongjia County of Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 10, 2026. Zhejiang Province in east China raised its typhoon emergency response to the highest level on Saturday as Typhoon Bavi, the 9th typhoon of 2026, barrels toward the country's eastern coast, triggering widespread disaster prevention efforts across multiple provincial-level regions. According to Zhejiang Meteorological Observatory, the severe typhoon was located some 489 km off the coast of the province's city of Wenzhou as of 9 a.m. on Saturday, packing strong-typhoon-level winds near its center. It is forecast to move northwest at a speed of 30 to 35 km per hour and make landfall in Zhejiang around midnight. (Xinhua/Jiang Han)

(260711) -- WENZHOU, July 11, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A woman walks amid wind and rain in Yueqing of Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 11, 2026. Zhejiang Province in east China raised its typhoon emergency response to the highest level on Saturday as Typhoon Bavi, the 9th typhoon of 2026, barrels toward the country's eastern coast, triggering widespread disaster prevention efforts across multiple provincial-level regions. According to Zhejiang Meteorological Observatory, the severe typhoon was located some 489 km off the coast of the province's city of Wenzhou as of 9 a.m. on Saturday, packing strong-typhoon-level winds near its center. It is forecast to move northwest at a speed of 30 to 35 km per hour and make landfall in Zhejiang around midnight. (Xinhua/Jiang Han)

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on July 11, 2026 shows (up) an aerial view of partially dried out areas of the River Sarthe in Cheffes, western France,on July 10, 2026 and (below) an aerial view of the flooding during the evacuation of the whole city of Cheffes, western France, on February 02, 2026. Western Europe this year experienced its hottest June on record as a searing heatwave swept across a continent facing increasingly frequent and intense heat extremes, the EU's climate monitor said July 9, 2026. Scientists say human-induced climate change is making extreme weather events like heatwaves, droughts and floods more intense, resulting in temperature records being broken more frequently. (Photo by Damien MEYER / AFP)

England's number 8 Ben Earl is tackled during the Rugby Union Nations Championship match between Fiji and England at Hill Dickinson Stadium in Liverpool on July 11, 2026. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)