OTJIWARONGO, 29 June 2026 - Otjozondjupa Chief Regional Officer, Gerson Karaerua speaking at the 2026 State of the Region Address (SORA) at Otjiwarongo on Monday. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

OTJIWARONGO, 29 June 2026 - The Otjozondjupa Chief Regional Officer, Gerson Karaerua speaks at the 2026 State of the Region Address (SORA) at Otjiwarongo's Otjozondjupa Regional Council chambers during a special council meeting on Monday morning. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

OTJIWARONGO, 29 June 2026 - The Otjozondjupa Governor, John ||Khamuseb delivers his 2026 second State of the Region Address (SORA) at Otjiwarongo's Otjozondjupa Regional Council chambers during a special council meeting on Monday morning. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

OTJIWARONGO, 29 June 2026 - The Otjozondjupa Governor, John ||Khamuseb delivers his 2026 second State of the Region Address (SORA) at Otjiwarongo's Otjozondjupa Regional Council chambers during a special council meeting on Monday morning. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 28 June 2026 - NHP team at the Annual General Meeting in Windhoek. (Photo: Contributed)

WINDHOEK, 28 June 2026 - The national men’s senior rugby team, the ‘Welwitschias,’ (in blue) while in action against Zambia at the Hage Geingob Stadium in Windhoek, Namibia outclassed their opponents, Zambia 71-12 in the internatinal friendly match. (Photos: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 28 June 2026 - The national men’s senior rugby team, the ‘Welwitschias,’ (in blue) while in action against Zambia at the Hage Geingob Stadium in Windhoek, Namibia outclassed their opponents, Zambia 71-12 in the internatinal friendly match. (Photos: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 28 June 2026 - The national men’s senior rugby team, the ‘Welwitschias,’ (in blue) while in action against Zambia at the Hage Geingob Stadium in Windhoek, Namibia outclassed their opponents, Zambia 71-12 in the internatinal friendly match. (Photos: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

(FILES) France's Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin delivers a speech during the review of criminal justice reform (Darmanin law), which intends to shorten trial times, at the Senate in Paris on April 13, 2026. French Senate voted on June 30, 2026 overnight to allow the temporary and regulated reintroduction of two insecticides that are banned in France but authorized elsewhere in Europe—a provision revived from the Duplomb Act and included in the emergency agricultural bill. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

(FILES) This photograph shows parcels at a Collissimo platform in Le Thillay, Paris' suburb, on December 5, 2024. The French tax of two euros on small packages, introduced in March but circumvented by Asian platforms, will be “suspended” on June 31, 2026, the day a three-euro European customs duty—to which it was originally intended to be added—takes effect, the French government announced to AFP. (Photo by Grйgoire CAMPIONE / AFP)

(FILES) A pedestrian looks at the window case of a clothing store bearing a placard promoting French summer sales on the opening day in Paris on June 24, 2026. The summer sales period, which was originally scheduled to end on July 21, has been extended by one week, until July 28, to compensate for low foot traffic in stores during the heat wave, Commerce Minister announced on June 30, 2026. (Photo by Charlotte SIEMON / AFP)

Lightning flashes light up the sky above Ukraine's capital Kyiv during a thunderstorm on June 29, 2026. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

Lightning flashes light up the sky above Ukraine's capital Kyiv during a thunderstorm on June 29, 2026. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

Lightning flashes light up the sky above Ukraine's capital Kyiv during a thunderstorm on June 29, 2026. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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AFP presents a visual story of 36 pictures by AFP photographer Mohd Rasfan taken from June 23 to 30, 2026 of Malaysia's peak durian harvest season and related activities in Karak, Bentong, and Kuala Lumpur. Found across Southeast Asia, the spiky fruit comes in many varieties and in Malaysia, the highly prized cultivar Musang King is consumed locally and exported, mainly to China. Malaysia, which produces more than 550,000 tonnes of durian a year, is currently in its peak harvest season. Search for all these reportage images using: MALAYSIA - AGRICULTURE - FRUIT - DURIAN Search "REPORTAGE" to source all feature, magazine and visual stories. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan / AFP)