KATIMA MULILO, 30 January 2025 - Simataa Mubonda (left) the chairperson of the Bukalo Village Council pictured earlier this year during the official handover of school mattresses to a school where he also serves as school board chairperson (Photo by: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

OUTJO, 01 December 2025 - Kunene Region Governor, Vipuakuje Muharukua (Photo by: Dalene Kooper) NAMPA

OTJIWARONGO, 01 December 2025 - A section of community members at the 2025 commemoration of World Aids Day on Monday at Otjiwarongo in the Otjozondjupa. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

OTJIWARONGO, 01 December 2025 - Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao (L) launched the new guidelines for handling HIV/Aids and mother to child transmission documents at the 2025 commemoration of World Aids Day on Monday. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

(251202) -- URUMQI, Dec. 2, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Guests attend the Tianshan Forum for Central Asia Economic Cooperation in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 2, 2025. The Tianshan Forum for Central Asia Economic Cooperation opened on Tuesday in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, drawing over 300 government officials and representatives from financial institutions, think tanks and the private sector to discuss promoting trade and investment across the region. The two-day forum, themed "Unlocking Connectivity and Investment in Central Asia," brought together Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) member countries. Discussions focused on trade, transport, energy and digital connectivity in the region. (Xinhua/Zhou Shengbin)

(251202) -- HANOI, Dec. 2, 2025 (Xinhua) -- China and Vietnam launches a bilateral QR code payment service in Hanoi, Vietnam, Dec. 2, 2025. China and Vietnam on Tuesday officially launched a bilateral QR code payment service in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi, marking the rollout of the service in the Vietnamese market. (Photo by Vu Trung Kien/Xinhua)

(251202) -- JAKARTA, Dec. 2, 2025 (Xinhua) -- People carry disaster relief supplies at a flood-hit village in North Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Dec. 2, 2025. The death toll from recent floods and landslides across three provinces on Indonesia's Sumatra Island has risen to 712, with 507 people still missing, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said on Tuesday. (Photo by Alberth Damanik/Xinhua)

(FILES) This photograph shows the grave of former French Justice Minister Robert Badinter surrounded by barriers following its vandalism a few hours before its moving to the Pantheon, at the Bagneux cemetery in Bagneux, near Paris, on October 9, 2025. A 23-year-old man with no prior criminal record was taken into custody on the morning of December 2, 2025, following the vandalism of Robert Badinter’s grave in October, according to a statement from the Nanterre prosecutor's office. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)