{"id":2619,"date":"2025-10-09T17:47:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T17:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=2619"},"modified":"2025-10-09T17:47:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T17:47:01","slug":"what-to-know-about-the-nobel-peace-prize-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=2619","title":{"rendered":"What to know about the Nobel Peace Prize : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-92725\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 7535;&#10;        --source-height: 5023;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/7535x5023+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F94%2F20%2F4dae2161455abf52494616a23c9d%2Fgettyimages-2173737057.jpg 400w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/7535x5023+0+0\/resize\/600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F94%2F20%2F4dae2161455abf52494616a23c9d%2Fgettyimages-2173737057.jpg 600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/7535x5023+0+0\/resize\/800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F94%2F20%2F4dae2161455abf52494616a23c9d%2Fgettyimages-2173737057.jpg 800w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/7535x5023+0+0\/resize\/900\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F94%2F20%2F4dae2161455abf52494616a23c9d%2Fgettyimages-2173737057.jpg 900w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/7535x5023+0+0\/resize\/1200\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F94%2F20%2F4dae2161455abf52494616a23c9d%2Fgettyimages-2173737057.jpg 1200w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/7535x5023+0+0\/resize\/1600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F94%2F20%2F4dae2161455abf52494616a23c9d%2Fgettyimages-2173737057.jpg 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/7535x5023+0+0\/resize\/1800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F94%2F20%2F4dae2161455abf52494616a23c9d%2Fgettyimages-2173737057.jpg 1800w\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/7535x5023+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F94%2F20%2F4dae2161455abf52494616a23c9d%2Fgettyimages-2173737057.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1025px) 650px, calc(100vw - 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30px)\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Replicas of the obverse and reverse of the Nobel Peace Prize medal displayed at The Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Jonathan Nackstrand\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Jonathan Nackstrand\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Anticipation is growing and bookies around the world are taking bets on who&#8217;ll be awarded this year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/about-the-nobel-prize\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nobel Peace Prize<\/a>, with President Trump among the most high-profile \u2014 and controversial \u2014 contenders.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce the winner. The committee says the award goes to the person or organization that has done the most &#8220;for fraternity between the nations and the abolition or reduction of standing armies and the formation and spreading of peace congresses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump has received multiple nominations and has never made a secret of his desire to win the prestigious accolade. And, as the first phase of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/10\/08\/g-s1-92558\/gaza-ceasefire-israel-hamas\" target=\"_blank\">Gaza peace plan<\/a> makes headway, the focus on the prospect of him winning is intensifying.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what to know ahead of this year&#8217;s announcement.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">How did the peace prize come about?\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>In his 1895 will, Swedish inventor and businessman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nobelpeaceprize.org\/nobel-peace-prize\/history\/alfred-nobel-s-will\" target=\"_blank\">Alfred Nobel<\/a> declared his fortune should be divided into five parts to honor outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for work in peace.<\/p>\n<p>The first prizes were given in 1901 and are now announced every October and awarded in a ceremony in December. In 1968, a new prize was established \u2014 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/prizes\/economic-sciences\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sveriges\u202fRiksbank\u202fPrize in Economic Sciences<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5567786-100\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5148728\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/10\/11\/nx-s1-5148728\/2024-nobel-peace-prize\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/11\\\/nx-s1-5148728\\\/2024-nobel-peace-prize&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2265x2265+568+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9e%2Fc3%2F6613e4714e029687792041b1567a%2Fgettyimages-2177148023.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2265x2265+568+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9e%2Fc3%2F6613e4714e029687792041b1567a%2Fgettyimages-2177148023.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2265x2265+568+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9e%2Fc3%2F6613e4714e029687792041b1567a%2Fgettyimages-2177148023.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2265x2265+568+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9e%2Fc3%2F6613e4714e029687792041b1567a%2Fgettyimages-2177148023.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2265x2265+568+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9e%2Fc3%2F6613e4714e029687792041b1567a%2Fgettyimages-2177148023.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2265x2265+568+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9e%2Fc3%2F6613e4714e029687792041b1567a%2Fgettyimages-2177148023.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2265x2265+568+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9e%2Fc3%2F6613e4714e029687792041b1567a%2Fgettyimages-2177148023.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2265x2265+568+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9e%2Fc3%2F6613e4714e029687792041b1567a%2Fgettyimages-2177148023.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Toshiyuki Mimaki, the co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, at a press conference after the group was awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, in Hiroshima, Japan, on Friday.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5567786-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people can choose to nominate a person or organization as a candidate for the peace prize, though you cannot nominate yourself. Those eligible to nominate a candidate include members of national governments, officials with international peace organizations, university professors and former recipients.<\/p>\n<p>The recipients of four of the prizes are decided by a Swedish committee, while the recipient of the peace prize is decided by a Norwegian committee composed of five members appointed by the Norwegian parliament. The peace prize committee deliberates in secret for months before coming up with a shortlist and narrowing it down to pick the winner.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize receives a medal and about $1.17 million in prize money.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-secondary-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap secondary\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">Who has won it in the past?<\/h3>\n<p>Some of the world&#8217;s most famous names have won in the past, including former South African presidents Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk in 1993 for bringing a peaceful end to apartheid and Martin Luther King Jr. in 1964 for his nonviolent civil rights struggle. Mother Theresa, the Dalai Lama and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/goatsandsoda\/2014\/10\/15\/355160473\/what-will-malalas-nobel-peace-prize-mean-for-girls-education\">Malala Yousafzai<\/a> are also all past winners.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5567786-101\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImage1218675743\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/12\/11\/1218675743\/narges-mohammadi-nobel-peace-prize-ceremony\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2023\\\/12\\\/11\\\/1218675743\\\/narges-mohammadi-nobel-peace-prize-ceremony&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/12\/11\/gettyimages-1837182230_sq-bf08ddeec2540b6743ecdd15710093d75405abb6.jpg?s=100&amp;c=85&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/12\/11\/gettyimages-1837182230_sq-bf08ddeec2540b6743ecdd15710093d75405abb6.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/12\/11\/gettyimages-1837182230_sq-bf08ddeec2540b6743ecdd15710093d75405abb6.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/12\/11\/gettyimages-1837182230_sq-bf08ddeec2540b6743ecdd15710093d75405abb6.jpg?s=100&amp;c=85&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/12\/11\/gettyimages-1837182230_sq-bf08ddeec2540b6743ecdd15710093d75405abb6.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/12\/11\/gettyimages-1837182230_sq-bf08ddeec2540b6743ecdd15710093d75405abb6.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/12\/11\/gettyimages-1837182230_sq-bf08ddeec2540b6743ecdd15710093d75405abb6.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2023\/12\/11\/gettyimages-1837182230_sq-bf08ddeec2540b6743ecdd15710093d75405abb6.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Children of jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi accept her Nobel Peace Prize\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5567786-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>The prize has also gone to people or groups that are not household names. Last year it was awarded to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/10\/11\/nx-s1-5148728\/2024-nobel-peace-prize\" target=\"_blank\">Nihon Hidankyo<\/a>, a Japanese grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki.<\/p>\n<p>The awarding of the prize has also courted controversy. Former U.S. Secretary of State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/jan\/11\/nobel-peace-prize-henry-kissinger-vietnam\" target=\"_blank\">Henry Kissinger<\/a> received the prize in 1973 along with North Vietnam&#8217;s chief communist negotiator, Le Duc Tho, for establishing the Paris Peace Accords \u2014 which led to America&#8217;s exit from the Vietnam War. Tho declined the award, but the decision to award Kissinger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/11\/30\/henry-kissinger-nobel-prize-winning-warmonger\" target=\"_blank\">shocked many<\/a> of his critics who saw him as a warmonger.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5567786-102\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImage1127404842\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/10\/07\/1127404842\/nobel-peace-prize-rights-advocates-russia-ukraine-and-belarus\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/07\\\/1127404842\\\/nobel-peace-prize-rights-advocates-russia-ukraine-and-belarus&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2022\/10\/07\/ap22280329325682_sq-594f5b6bcf97a7a21dc90728b5e043f6fb07a926.jpg?s=100&amp;c=85&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2022\/10\/07\/ap22280329325682_sq-594f5b6bcf97a7a21dc90728b5e043f6fb07a926.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2022\/10\/07\/ap22280329325682_sq-594f5b6bcf97a7a21dc90728b5e043f6fb07a926.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2022\/10\/07\/ap22280329325682_sq-594f5b6bcf97a7a21dc90728b5e043f6fb07a926.jpg?s=100&amp;c=85&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2022\/10\/07\/ap22280329325682_sq-594f5b6bcf97a7a21dc90728b5e043f6fb07a926.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2022\/10\/07\/ap22280329325682_sq-594f5b6bcf97a7a21dc90728b5e043f6fb07a926.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2022\/10\/07\/ap22280329325682_sq-594f5b6bcf97a7a21dc90728b5e043f6fb07a926.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2022\/10\/07\/ap22280329325682_sq-594f5b6bcf97a7a21dc90728b5e043f6fb07a926.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Here's what to know about the Nobel Peace Prize winners\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5567786-102\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Also controversial was President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2009\/oct\/09\/nobel-peace-prize-barack-obama\" target=\"_blank\">Barack Obama&#8217;s<\/a> Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, just months into his first term. Some criticized the decision, saying the president hadn&#8217;t had time to prove himself. Ethiopian Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/10\/11\/769191358\/nobel-peace-prize-goes-to-ethiopias-prime-minister\" target=\"_blank\">Abiy Ahmed received<\/a> the award for efforts to reach peace with neighboring Eritrea in 2019. He later went on to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/11\/29\/939902460\/nobel-peace-prize-winner-to-belligerent-warmaker-ethiopia-under-abiy-ahmed\" target=\"_blank\">wage a brutal war<\/a> in Ethiopia&#8217;s northernmost region of Tigray.<\/p>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5567786-103\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK MEDIAPROMO PRIMARY\" --><\/p>\n<p>Leaders in the Americas, including Costa Rica and Colombia, as well as human rights defenders in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine have also won the award.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">Who is nominated this time?<\/h3>\n<p>There are 338 candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize this year \u2014 244 individuals and 94 organizations.<\/p>\n<p>At the center of intense speculation about this year&#8217;s award is President Trump, who is currently engaged in negotiations to end the war in Gaza. <\/p>\n<p>The Nobel website does not list the candidates, although some of the nominators have told the media who they&#8217;ve put forward. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have both confirmed they nominated Trump.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-third-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap third\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Trump has  repeatedly said he deserves the prize, saying he&#8217;s ended multiple wars this year already, although fact-checkers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2025\/aug\/05\/donald-trump\/stopped-six-wars-ceasefires-iran-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\">dispute the claim<\/a> as several conflicts he has attempted to end remain ongoing. Earlier this year <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/could-trump-win-the-nobel-peace-prize-and-who-else-could-get-it-13447068\" target=\"_blank\">he said<\/a> at the White House: &#8220;They will never give me a Nobel Peace Prize. I deserve it, but they will never give it to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20251008-trump-unlikely-to-win-nobel-peace-prize-but-who-will\" target=\"_blank\">Other names<\/a> making the rounds as possible winners this year include Sudan&#8217;s Emergency Response Rooms, a volunteer network helping civilians despite great risk in the midst of the country&#8217;s civil war, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/02\/19\/1232436671\/alexei-navalny-widow-youtube-video-russia-opposition-putin\" target=\"_blank\">Yulia Navalnaya<\/a>, the widow of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of the likelihood of Trump winning, the Gaza ceasefire may come too late to change the outcome of this year&#8217;s award, and the committee is known to value sustained peace efforts over quick political wins.<\/p>\n<p>However, as of Thursday morning, bookmakers&#8217; odds had Trump and the Sudanese group as the joint favorites, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oddschecker.com\/insight\/tv\/20251009-nobel-peace-prize-2025-donald-trumps-odds-slashed-to-win-award\" target=\"_blank\">Oddschecker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/10\/09\/nx-s1-5567786\/nobel-peace-prize-explained\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Replicas of the obverse and reverse of the Nobel Peace Prize medal displayed at The Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo. 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