PROUD MOMENT: President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah flanked by (from left) Vice President Lucia Witbooi, Bank of Namibia governor Johannes !Gawaxab and Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare show off the new coins and notes on a poster. Photo: State House

NEW COINS: Namibia's new coins and bank notes launched last week in Windhoek. Photo: State House

SANTEE, CALIFORMIA, US: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of 24 Starlink internet satellites soars into space after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base, as seen from Santee. Photo: Kevin Carter/Getty Images.

GAZA: Yazan Abu (2) is cared for by his mother, Naima, in al-Shati refugee camp as he suffers from severe malnutrition due to the acute shortage of food caused by the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip and the closure of border crossings. Gaza is suffering human-made mass starvation caused by the blockade of aid into the territory, the head of the World Health Organisation has said, as more than 100 agencies urged Israel to let supplies in to alleviate the crisis. Photo: Haitham Imad/EPA

PANAMA CITY: Fumigation smoke engulfs a toy horse as health workers spray residential areas to kill mosquitoes and combat the spread of dengue in Panama City. Photo: Matias Delacroix/AP

SWEIDA, SYRIA: A Bedouin fighter walks on the streets of Sweida. An uneasy calm returned to southern Syria’s Sweida province this week, after fighters withdrew after a week of violence estimated to have killed more than 1,000 people. Photo: Ali Haj Suleiman/Getty Images

KHARKIV, UKRAINE: People leave the site of a Russian airstrike in Kharkiv. The Ukrainian authorities said at least 33 people were injured after Russia fired a glide bomb at a residential neighbourhood in Kharkiv. Photo: Sofiia Gatilova/Reuters

MELE, VANUATU: Children play on swings on an uprooted tree along a beach in Mele, which was once lined with vegetation but is now largely lost to storms, erosion, and other environmental pressures. Photo: Annika Hammerschlag/AP