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Nobel committee chairwoman Berit Ress-Andersen announces that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 is awarded to the World Food Programme. SOUNDBITE
Three Nobel Prize winners, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Jules Hoffmann and Jean Marie Lehn are vaccinated against Covid at Strasbourg University Hospital, on the first day vaccinations of over-75s and vulnerable people. IMAGES
The Nobel Peace Prize is a 'call to action' to end hunger around the world, World Food Program executive director David Beasly tells journalists on a field trip in Niger after the Norwegion Nobel Committee chose the UN body as this year's recipient. SOUNDBITE
Yazidi campaigner Nadia Murad says being selected as the co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize came as a "surprise" and "great honour" and at the same time comes with "great responsibility." The 25 year old was speaking during a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington. SOUNDBITE
Women's rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi's Nobel peace prize win pays tribute to the courage of Iranian women in the face of reprisals and harrassment, the United Nations says. The award "really highlights the courage and determination of the women of Iran and how they are an inspiration to the world", UN human rights office spokeswoman Elizabeth Throssell tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen, says they "hope" Iran would release jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi so she could attend the prize ceremony in December. "If the Iranian authorities make the right decision, they will release her," she tells a press conference after announcing Mohammadi was this year's prize winner. SOUNDBITE