Malala, Satyarthi accept Nobel Peace Prize: In pics Photogallery

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Malala, Satyarthi accept Nobel Peace Prize: In pics

Malala Yousafzai, the global icon of children's rights who survived a near fatal Taliban gun attack, becomes the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate on Wednesday, adding yet another distinction to a long list.

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The 17-year-old Pakistani will receive the peace prize in Oslo with campaigner Kailash Satyarthi, 60, who has fought for 35 years to free thousands of children from virtual slave labour.

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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Satyarthi delivers a speech during the Nobel Peace Prize awards ceremony at the City Hall in Oslo.

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Sumedha wife of Indian childrens right activist and 2014 Nobel peace prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi, and their son attend the Nobel Peace Prize awards ceremony at the City Hall in Oslo.

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Guests of Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Malala Yousafzai from left rear, Nigerian, Amina Yusuf, Syrian, Mezon Almellehan, Pakistan's Kainat Soomro, school friend, Shazia Ramzan, centre front, and school friend, Kainat Riaz, right, applaud and Malala Youzafzai enters the hall for the start of the presentation ceremony in Oslo, Norway.

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Nobel winners receive eight million Swedish kronor ($1.1 million, 862,000 euros), which is shared in the case of joint wins.