OKAHANDJA, 18 July 2015 - Chief Tjinaani Maharero of the Maharero Traditional Authority and head of the Otjika-Tjamuaha Royal House. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 18 August 2026 - First Gentleman Lieutenant General Epaphras Denga Ndaitwah on Tuesday launched the DEN Impact Foundation, an initiative aimed at implementing targeted programs to tackle the escalating social, educational, and mental health issues affecting boys. (Pho: Contributed) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 18 August 2026 - Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare speaking at the launch of DEN Impact Foundation on Tuesday in Windhoek. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

/KHOICHAS, 14 August 2026 - Namibia’s independence was a collective victory. The southern regions of Hardap and ||Karas were central to the struggle, anchored by local churches that risked everything to shelter PLAN fighters and educate the future leaders of our nation. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

HOACHANAS, 12 August 2026 - Historian and liberation struggle icon Markus Kooper, in collaboration with the Hoachanas community, has established a community library to preserve the history of the southern region, including the Red Clan history and past freedom struggle events. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

GIBEON, 13 August 2026 - The African Methodist Episcopal Private Community School (AMEPS) in Gibeon was a significant community-operated institution founded by the AME Church and local leaders, including Hendrik Witbooi, during the fight for freedom. It ceased operations and was integrated into the state school system in 2007. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

/KHOICHAS, 14 August 2026 - Jacqueline Juliana Rukamba, a former principal at Khoichas Primary School in the Karas region, significantly contributed to Namibia's independence, particularly in education, during the 1970s and 1980s. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

GIBEON, 13 August 2026 – The African Methodist Episcopal Private Community School (AMEPS) in Gibeon was a significant community-operated institution founded by the AME Church and local leaders, including Hendrik Witbooi, during the fight for freedom. It ceased operations and was integrated into the state school system in 2007. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

19 August 2026, North Rhine-Westphalia, Monschau: Herbert Reul, State Minister for Internal Affairs (C), speaks with representatives of the Aachen Urban Region at the German-Belgian border. Fire departments continue to battle the fire in the High Fens. Photo: Oliver Berg/dpa

19 August 2026, North Rhine-Westphalia, Monschau: THW volunteers are stationed at a water refueling station on the German-Belgian border. Fire departments continue to battle the fire in the High Fens. Photo: Oliver Berg/dpa

19 August 2026, North Rhine-Westphalia, Monschau: Herbert Reul, Minister of the Interior (R), speaks with volunteers in Kalterherberg. Fire departments continue to battle the blaze in the Hohen Venn. Photo: Oliver Berg/dpa

19 August 2026, North Rhine-Westphalia, Monschau: THW volunteers are stationed at a water refueling station on the German-Belgian border. Fire departments continue to battle the fire in the Hohe Venn. Photo: Oliver Berg/dpa

19 August 2026, North Rhine-Westphalia, Monschau: Herbert Reul, state Minister for Internal Affairs, looks out over the burned area at the German-Belgian border. Firefighters continue to battle the blaze in the High Fens. Photo: Oliver Berg/dpa

FILED - 18 June 2022, North Rhine-Westphalia, Halle: File Photo - Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios in action against Polish Hubert Hurkacz during their men's singles Semi-final match at the Halle Open tennis tournament at the Owl Arena. Photo: David Inderlied/dpa

FILED - 09 June 2026, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart: File Photo - Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios in action against France's Corentin Moutet during their men's singles round of 32 match at the Stuttgart Open tennis tournament. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa

(260819) -- WUQIA, Aug. 19, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Wu Dengyun is pictured at the people's hospital of Wuqia County in Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture of Kizilsu, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 30, 2026. Wu Dengyun, then 23 years old, started his career in Wuqia County in 1963, after graduating from a medical school in Yangzhou of east China's Jiangsu Province.    High in altitude and sparsely populated, Wuqia had long suffered from the shortage of medical resources. Young as he was, Wu rode a horse with a medicine kit on his back, traversing mountains and valleys to deliver medical care to every village and pasture across the county.    In the winter of 1971, Wu saved a two-year-old child suffering from severe burns. With no available skin for grafting at his hospital and no time to transfer the patient to a hospital of better conditions, he administered local anesthesia to himself, took off 13 stamp-sized pieces of skin from his own legs, and grafted them onto the patient.    This heroic doctor also donated blood more than 30 times, transfusing over 7,000 millilitres of his blood into the vessels of his patients.    Wu takes Wuqia as his second hometown. On several occasions, he declined job offers from his hometown Yangzhou. Even after his retirement, he clocks in at the hospital every day to undertake routine duties including clinic consultations and ward rounds. He still serves as the honorary head of the hospital.    He has received many awards and honors over the decades, yet he rarely mentions them. When someone asked if he regretted his life, Wu said: "If there were reincarnation, I would still choose to be a medical worker, and come to Wuqia again to combat diseases for people of all ethnic groups." (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)