WINDHOEK, 08 December 2025 - Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp (C) pictured during a media conference of the announcement of subsidised tertiary education funding model. (Photo by: Mathilde Kudumo) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 07 December 2025 - Namibian cyclist Nina Holtrup pictured at the finish line after winning the 2025 Nedbank Desert Dash. The 21st edition of the iconic endurance event saw riders take off from the Grove Mall in Windhoek and concluded at Platz Am Meer in Swakopmund, riding across the Namib Desert. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 05 December 2025 - Namibia’s endurance cyclist Drikus Coetzee in action during the 2025 Nedbank Desert Dash. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WIDHOEK, 05 December 2025 - Newly elected and sworn-in Mayor of the City of Windhoek, Sakarias Uunona on Friday evening at the council chambers. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

(251209) -- BEIJING, Dec. 9, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Dec. 9, 2025 shows Shenzhou-21 astronaut Zhang Lu performing extravehicular activities outside China's orbiting space station. The Shenzhou-21 crew aboard China's orbiting space station completed their mission's first series of extravehicular activities on Tuesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The astronaut trio -- Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang -- worked for approximately eight hours and completed their tasks at 6:45 p.m. (Beijing Time), assisted by the space station's robotic arm and a team on Earth. Wu Fei is the youngest Chinese astronaut to carry out an extravehicular mission to date. (Xinhua/Liu Yi)

(251209) -- BEIJING, Dec. 9, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Dec. 9, 2025 shows Shenzhou-21 astronaut Zhang Lu performing the inspection and photography of the Shenzhou-20 return capsule's viewport window outside China's orbiting space station. The Shenzhou-21 crew aboard China's orbiting space station completed their mission's first series of extravehicular activities on Tuesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The astronaut trio -- Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang -- worked for approximately eight hours and completed their tasks at 6:45 p.m. (Beijing Time), assisted by the space station's robotic arm and a team on Earth. Wu Fei is the youngest Chinese astronaut to carry out an extravehicular mission to date. (Xinhua/Liu Yi)

(251209) -- BEIJING, Dec. 9, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Dec. 9, 2025 shows Shenzhou-21 astronaut Zhang Lu performing extravehicular activities outside China's orbiting space station. The Shenzhou-21 crew aboard China's orbiting space station completed their mission's first series of extravehicular activities on Tuesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). The astronaut trio -- Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang -- worked for approximately eight hours and completed their tasks at 6:45 p.m. (Beijing Time), assisted by the space station's robotic arm and a team on Earth. Wu Fei is the youngest Chinese astronaut to carry out an extravehicular mission to date. (Xinhua/Liu Yi)

(251209) -- JIANGMEN, Dec. 9, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Chan Ka Wing of Hong Kong shoots during a special olympics football match between Hong Kong and Hubei at China's 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities and the 9th National Special Olympic Games in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Sui Shangjun)