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The Nobel Committee in Oslo announces the recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 as Filipino-American journalist Maria Ressa and Russian journalist and newspaper editor Dmitry Muratov. SOUNDBITE
The head of Norway's Nobel Committee, Breit Reiss-Andersen, announces that the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize has gone to Belarusian human rights activist, Ales Bialiatski, Russian human rights organisation, Memorial, and Ukrainian human rights organisation, The Center for Civil Liberties (CCL). SOUNDBITE
Austria's Anton Zeilinger, winner of the Nobel Physics Prize alongside France's Alain Aspect and John Clauser of the US, holds a press conference at the Univerity of Vienna. The trio were honoured for "groundbreaking experiments using entangled quantum states, where two particles behave like a single unit even when they are separated", said the Nobel Committee for Physics. IMAGES
Nobel Peace Prize laureates and champions of press freedom Maria Ressa and Dimitry Muratov greet a crowd from the balcony of the Grand Hotel in Oslo. IMAGES
Images show the building housing the headquarters of Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, whose founder Dmitry Muratov won the Novel Peace Prize on Friday for his fight for freedom of expression in Russia. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.