Malala, Chelsea, Vladimir - A World Tour Of 10 Nobel Peace Prize Hopefuls

OSLO“This year’s nominations come from all over the world … well-known names, well-known presidents and prime ministers and also lesser well-known names…”

Norwegian Nobel Committee’s non-voting secretary Geir Lundestad acknowledged the controversy sparked by recent numbers, as he announced the number (not names) of nominations for the Peace Prize, which will be awarded Friday.

A record 259 nominations have been received for this year’s Prize, with candidates including a Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban and a U.S. soldier accused of leaking classified material to WikiLeaks. Fifty of the nominations were for organizations.

Here are 10 who, for a variety of reasons, made our MONDO map…

(photo: Henry Mühlpfordt)

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