A quarter million Herero are estimated to live in Namibia today, with the population growing in recent years. Harry Hook/Getty Images hide caption
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Stefani McCoy, seated in the center of the front row, was a high school dropout. After going back to school and completing her college degree, she joined the Peace Corps and went to Namibia to help fellow dropouts. Courtesy of Stefani McCoy hide caption
The sun sets over Alexandria, Egypt. The Brits brought daylight saving time to Egypt, but the country is currently DST-free. Peter Langer/Design Pics/Corbis hide caption
The Namibian desert plays a starring role in the Oscar-winning Mad Max: Fury Road. Jasin Boland/Courtesy of Warner Brothers Entertainment hide caption
The photographer brings a surreal touch to the epidemic that struck West Africa in photos titled "Le Temps Ebola." The suits worn by the people portraying health professionals evoke carnival masks and animal masks. The question the photographer ponders: "Are these figures here to protect the people or to harm them?," reflecting mistrust of medical workers in the early stages of the outbreak. Courtesy of Bakary Emmanuel Daou hide caption
An endangered black rhino is seen in this file photo from the Etosha National Park in norhern Namibia last year. An American hunter has killed one of the animals, under a special permit he bought for $350,000. While the rhinoceros is referred to as black, its colors vary from shades of brown to gray. Barbara Scheer/DPA /LANDOV hide caption
A black rhino and a giraffe stop for a drink in Namibia's Etosha National Park. Only about 5,000 black rhinos remain in the world. Frans Lanting/DPA/Landov hide caption
The space ball. What is it? Namibia's National Forensic Science Institute/AFP/Getty Images hide caption