The prestigious Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 has been awarded at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo to Venezuelan opposition politician Maria Corina Machado.

A total of 338 nominations had been submitted for the award, including 244 individuals and 94 organisations. United States President Donald Trump was among the nominees and has repeatedly insisted he deserves the prize, claiming credit for stopping multiple wars.

But observers have said his chances of winning the 124-year-old prize were slim. Other contenders included Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms and the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Each prize is worth 11 million Swedish kronor (about $1.2m), and winners will be given a diploma and gold medal on December 10 – the anniversary of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel’s death.

Last year, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Japanese anti-nuclear group Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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