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Every year, the Nobel Prize is given to honor outstanding achievements in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, economic sciences and peace. It's considered one of the world's most prestigious awards.

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A photo handout by Right Livelihood of Palestinian activist Issa Amro

A photo handout by Right Livelihood of Palestinian activist Issa Amro

Palestinian organization wins 'Alternative Nobel Prize'

The Youth Against Settlements group won the Right Livelihood Award for peaceful resistance against Israeli occupation.

File photo of former US President Jimmy Carter sitting in a wheelchair

File photo of former US President Jimmy Carter sitting in a wheelchair

Jimmy Carter celebrates 100th birthday

Carter, who was born in Plains, Georgia, is the first former president to reach that milestone.

A Nobel Prize medal, with an image of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, being forged with a blow torch

A Nobel Prize medal, with an image of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, being forged with a blow torch

What is the point of a Nobel Prize?

Nobel Laureates capture people's imagination about science, but are the prizes relevant in an era of global research?

Muhammad Yunus, smiling

Muhammad Yunus, smiling

Muhammad Yunus to head Bangladesh's interim gov't

The appointment of the economist and civil society leader meets a key demand of student leaders.

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus talks to reporters in Dhaka in May, 2024

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus talks to reporters in Dhaka in May, 2024

Who is Muhammad Yunus, Bangladesh's interim leader?

Calls grow for Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to lead as Bangladesh finds itself in the midst of political upheaval.

Primeval, disk-like animals swimming in water above beds of algae, artist's impression

Primeval, disk-like animals swimming in water above beds of algae, artist's impression

Did life on Earth begin earlier than we think?

New research suggests complex life on Earth began much earlier than thought. We review the top origin-of-life theories.

Javier Milei speaking In Prague

Javier Milei speaking In Prague

Argentina's Javier Milei says he might get Nobel Prize

Under Javier Milei's radical libertarian government, inflation has fallen, but so too has economic performance.

Oleksandra Matviichuk, a young woman with long auburn hair, speaks into a DW microphone

Oleksandra Matviichuk, a young woman with long auburn hair, speaks into a DW microphone

Ukraine campaigner: Why Putin must be held accountable

Human rights lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk of the Nobel-prizewinning Center for Civil Liberties speaks to DW.

A black-and-white image of Alice Munro sitting in an armchair

A black-and-white image of Alice Munro sitting in an armchair

Nobel Prize-winning author Alice Munro dies aged 92

The first Canadian author to win the Nobel Prize in literature, Alice Munro, has died at the age of 92 in Ontario.

Nobel Laureate and theoretical physicist, Professor Peter Higgs

Nobel Laureate and theoretical physicist, Professor Peter Higgs

Peter Higgs: A fundamentally modest physicist

Physicist Peter Higgs lived to see the impact of his discovery — the Higgs boson or God Particle. He died aged 94 years.

A portrait photo of Professor Peter Higgs at a press conference in Edinburgh after being awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics.

A portrait photo of Professor Peter Higgs at a press conference in Edinburgh after being awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics.

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs dies, aged 94

The professor who proposed the existence of the so-called "God particle" died on Monday following a short illness.

Khaya Ally und Abiy Ahmed

Khaya Ally und Abiy Ahmed

Abiy Ahmed: Unrealistic expectations of hope?

Were the aspirations of Ethiopia's prime minister unrealistic in a dysfunctional multi-ethnic system?

Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman

Nobel-prize winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman dies

The psychologist and author Daniel Kahneman, who won the Nobel Prize in economics in 2002, has died aged 90.

Narges Mohammadi, Iranian political activist, winner of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, Farsi Editorial Rights.

Narges Mohammadi, Iranian political activist, winner of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, Farsi Editorial Rights.

Iran extends Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi prison sentence

Mohammadi was sentenced to over a year in prison for allegedly spreading propaganda against the Islamic republic.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus leaves a labor court after being sentenced to 6 months in jail for labor law violations in Dhaka

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus leaves a labor court after being sentenced to 6 months in jail for labor law violations in Dhaka

Nobel Prize winner Yunus sentenced to jail in Bangladesh

Muhammad Yunus and three other executives of a microcredit bank received six-month sentences for labor law violations.

Dokumentation | Unbreakable - Mein Freiheitskampf im Iran

Dokumentation | Unbreakable - Mein Freiheitskampf im Iran

Unbreakable - My fight for freedom in Iran

Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi is one of the bravest women in the world.

Ali and Kiana Rahmani in Oslo City Hall during the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2023 in Oslo City Hall

Ali and Kiana Rahmani in Oslo City Hall during the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2023 in Oslo City Hall

Nobel winner Mohammadi blasts Iran's 'tyrannical' regime

The Iranian activist's twins accepted the award on behalf of their mother, who they have not seen for nine years.

An Iranian women holds up her arm at a 2022 protest

An Iranian women holds up her arm at a 2022 protest

What does Mohammadi's Nobel Peace Prize mean?

Narges Mohammadi's Nobel Peace Prize marks a milestone in a decades-long women's rights movement.

Photographer Reihane Taravati presents a portait of Narges Mohammadi in Oslo

Photographer Reihane Taravati presents a portait of Narges Mohammadi in Oslo

Iran: Nobel Prize winner Mohammadi begins new hunger strike

Narges Mohammedi, a human rights activist, has been behind bars in Tehran since 2021.

Iran Narges Mohammadi in Teheran

Iran Narges Mohammadi in Teheran

Iran: Fears for jailed Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi

2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been allowed to see a doctor. Her husband still fears for her life.

Symbolbild - Blasenschwäche, Hodenschmerzen

Symbolbild - Blasenschwäche, Hodenschmerzen

Study: No such thing as a 'beautiful scrotum'

There is no ideal length, width, or size of men’s scrotum, claim scientific study rewarded with IG Nobel Prize.

Protesters gather in London to protest against the Iranian regime following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini

Protesters gather in London to protest against the Iranian regime following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini

Amini wins Sakharov Prize: Will it help Iranian women?

The award brings hope to women in Iran. Whether it will reinvigorate the cause remains to be seen.

A black and white portrait of Martti Ahtisaari

A black and white portrait of Martti Ahtisaari

Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari dies at 86

Finland’s president for six years, Ahtisaari was a renowned peace mediator whose work was rewarded with the Nobel prize.

Claudia Goldin speaks to a reporter on the phone in her home in Cambridge, Mass

Claudia Goldin speaks to a reporter on the phone in her home in Cambridge, Mass

Nobel Prize: Claudia Goldin wins 2023 award for economics

Claudia Goldin has won the 2023 Nobel prize in Economics for advancing understanding of women's labor market outcomes.

Narges Mohammadi in a red shirt takes something from a cupboard

Narges Mohammadi in a red shirt takes something from a cupboard

Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize

Narges Mohammadi has fought for women's rights and democracy in Iran for decades — and faced harsh punishment.

Narges Mohammadi with the cover of a book with title, 'White Torture,' in Persian.

Narges Mohammadi with the cover of a book with title, 'White Torture,' in Persian.

Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi: Documenting Iran's torture

The work of Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi sheds light on human rights abuses suffered by Iran's political prisoners.

Jon Fosse sitting at a desk, chin in hand

Jon Fosse sitting at a desk, chin in hand

Nobel laureate Fosse gave 'voice to the unsayable'

After being in the running for nearly a decade, Norway's Jon Fosse has been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature.

A seated Jon Fosse sits with his arms crossed while looking directly at the camera

A seated Jon Fosse sits with his arms crossed while looking directly at the camera

Jon Fosse wins Nobel Prize in Literature

The Norwegian's plays have been staged worldwide. His masterpiece is a one-sentence, 1,250-page work about art and God.

QLED TVs at the Samsung booth at a fair

QLED TVs at the Samsung booth at a fair

Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for quantum dot technology

Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov have been awarded the prize for synthesizing quantum dots.

Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz und Anne L' Huillier

Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz und Anne L' Huillier

Nobel Prize in Physics for studies into electron movements

The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists who studied electrons in flashes of light.

Drew Weissman (left) and Katalin Kariko, dressed in white coats, posing for the camera

Drew Weissman (left) and Katalin Kariko, dressed in white coats, posing for the camera

Nobel Prize in Medicine honors mRNA groundwork

The Swedish Academy has awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman.

Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman wearing masks and lab coats, looking at a computer

Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman wearing masks and lab coats, looking at a computer

Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman win Nobel Prize in Medicine

Two scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for work that helped in the development of mRNA vaccines.

Migrant rescue at sea

Migrant rescue at sea

'Alternative Nobel' goes to SOS Mediterranee

One of the winners of the 2023 Right Livelihood Award is the SOS Mediterranee maritime rescue organization.

A rescue worker helps a child from a group of mainly Syrian migrants during a mission

A rescue worker helps a child from a group of mainly Syrian migrants during a mission

SOS Mediterranee wins 'Alternative Nobel Prize'

The aid group has won the Right Livelihood Award for its life-saving work with migrants on the Mediterranean Sea.

A closeup of Herta Müller at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2014

A closeup of Herta Müller at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2014

Herta Müller: Master seamstress of words at 70

The Nobel laureate, pursued by Romania's communist secret police, dared to write what authorities didn't want written.

Two Russian police officers stand in front the door of the Memorial office in Moscow

Two Russian police officers stand in front the door of the Memorial office in Moscow

Russia targets Nobel Prize-winning rights group in raids

The wave of searches is part of a sweeping crackdown against dissent in Russia.

Kenzaburo Oe looks as he takes part in the International Forum of the Novel 2015 on May 25, 2015 in Lyon

Kenzaburo Oe looks as he takes part in the International Forum of the Novel 2015 on May 25, 2015 in Lyon

Japan's Nobel-winning novelist Kenzaburo Oe dies

Japanese anti-nuclear novelist Kenzaburo Oe was the second Japanese writer to win a Nobel Prize for literature.

Nobel Prize winner Ales Bialiatski is seen in the defendants' cage in the courtroom at the start of the hearing in Minsk on January 5

Nobel Prize winner Ales Bialiatski is seen in the defendants' cage in the courtroom at the start of the hearing in Minsk on January 5

Belarus court jails Nobel winner Bialiatski for 10 years

The pro-democracy activist founded Viasna, the most prominent human rights group in the country.

The Nobel Peace Prize Committee alongside the 2022 winners

The Nobel Peace Prize Committee alongside the 2022 winners

Ukraine war appears to dominate Nobel Peace Prize list

Most of the names up for consideration this time around seem to be linked to the nearly year-long war in Ukraine.

A mural of Belarusian human rights defender Ales Bialiatski on a wall in Vilnius

A mural of Belarusian human rights defender Ales Bialiatski on a wall in Vilnius

Ales Bialiatski: Belarus begins trial of Nobel Prize winner

Ales Bialiatski faces a sentence of up to 12 years for charges of smuggling money to fund opposition activities.

James Webb Space Telescope, Illustration

James Webb Space Telescope, Illustration

The best science, innovation and health stories of 2022

2022 was great for science, from historic space missions to archeological discoveries and plenty to learn in medicine.

DW's Astrid Prange de Oliveira

DW's Astrid Prange de Oliveira

Opinion: 2022 was the year of women

Astrid Prange de Oliveira

By fighting war crimes, religious dictatorship and misogyny, women helped to foster hope in 2022.

From left: Natalia Pinchuk, the wife of Belarusian rights activist Ales Bialiatski, Yan Rachinsky, chair of the International Memorial Board and Oleksandra Matviychuk, head of Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties pose with awards during the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at Oslo City Hall, Norway, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022.

From left: Natalia Pinchuk, the wife of Belarusian rights activist Ales Bialiatski, Yan Rachinsky, chair of the International Memorial Board and Oleksandra Matviychuk, head of Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties pose with awards during the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at Oslo City Hall, Norway, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022.

Nobel Peace Prize winners slam Putin's 'insane' war

The Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian winners denounced Moscow's war in Ukraine during the award ceremony in Norway.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski in a courtroom cage in August 2011.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski in a courtroom cage in August 2011.

Ales Bialiatski, Belarusian human rights warrior

How the Belarusian activist and political prisoner became a hero to millions.

Shirin Ebadi, Friedensnobelpreisträgerin

Shirin Ebadi, Friedensnobelpreisträgerin

'Iran will be democratic one day': Shirin Ebadi

DW spoke to Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, recognized with a prize at the Human Rights Film Festival.

Annie Ernaux

Annie Ernaux

What are the antisemitism claims linked to Annie Ernaux?

As a prominent supporter of the anti-Israel BDS movement, is the 2022 Nobel Prize laureate Annie Ernaux antisemitic?

An illustration of a Nobel Prize medal depicting prize founder Alfred Nobel's face set alongside a bar chart and line graph, to represent the Nobel Prize for economics

An illustration of a Nobel Prize medal depicting prize founder Alfred Nobel's face set alongside a bar chart and line graph, to represent the Nobel Prize for economics

Nobel Prize: 3 US economists win 2022 award for economics

Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig won the award for research on banks and financial crises.

The entrance to the Moscow office of the Memorial human rights center

The entrance to the Moscow office of the Memorial human rights center

Russia seizes office of Nobel Peace Prize winner Memorial

The move came hours after the rights group, which was disbanded last year, won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Soric Miodrag Kommentarbild App

Soric Miodrag Kommentarbild App

Nobel Peace Prize a slap in the face for Putin

Miodrag Soric

Three laureates from three countries — but this year's Nobel Peace Prize delivers a strikingly clear message.

Nobel Peace Prize

Nobel Peace Prize

Human rights advocates win 2022 Nobel Peace Prize

Rights groups from Ukraine and Russia, with rights advocate Ales Bialiatski of Belarus, have won the Nobel Peace Prize.