A Palestinian boy performs breakdancing on the street in Nusseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, October 14, 2022. REUTERS / Ibraheem Abu Mustafa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
A Palestinian boy performs breakdancing on the street in Nusseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, October 14, 2022. REUTERS / Ibraheem Abu Mustafa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Katse Fish Farms on the Malibamatso basin in Lejone, Lesotho. AFP
Katse Fish Farms on the Malibamatso basin in Lejone, Lesotho. AFP
Children play during a sandstorm at the Sahlah Al Banat camp in Raqa, northern Syria. AFP
Children play during a sandstorm at the Sahlah Al Banat camp in Raqa, northern Syria. AFP
Displaced Syrians from Deir Ezzor pose for a picture at the Sahlah Al Banat camp. AFP
Displaced Syrians from Deir Ezzor pose for a picture at the Sahlah Al Banat camp. AFP
An aerial view of Beiling Park in China's north-eastern Liaoning province. AFP
An aerial view of Beiling Park in China's north-eastern Liaoning province. AFP
Saul, 4, wipes the tears of his father Franklin Pajaro, after they were expelled from the US and sent back to Mexico under Title 42, near the Paso del Norte International border bridge, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Reuters
Saul, 4, wipes the tears of his father Franklin Pajaro, after they were expelled from the US and sent back to Mexico under Title 42, near the Paso del Norte International border bridge, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Reuters
Labourers work on the shoes of a 125-feet tall statue of social reformer Dr Ambedkar in Hyderabad. AFP
Labourers work on the shoes of a 125-feet tall statue of social reformer Dr Ambedkar in Hyderabad. AFP
Gray cranes fly in a V-shape above the Hortobagy steppe, north-eastern Hungary. AP
Gray cranes fly in a V-shape above the Hortobagy steppe, north-eastern Hungary. AP
A woman carries a dog at a site of a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike in Mykolaiv, Ukraine. Reuters
A woman carries a dog at a site of a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike in Mykolaiv, Ukraine. Reuters
People stand in the Spanish pavilion hours before the official opening of the 2022 Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany. Getty Images
People stand in the Spanish pavilion hours before the official opening of the 2022 Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany. Getty Images

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Who was Alfred Nobel?

The Nobel Prize was created by wealthy Swedish chemist and entrepreneur Alfred Nobel.

  • In his will he dictated that the bulk of his estate should be used to fund "prizes to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind".
  • Nobel is best known as the inventor of dynamite, but also wrote poetry and drama and could speak Russian, French, English and German by the age of 17. The five original prize categories reflect the interests closest to his heart.
  • Nobel died in 1896 but it took until 1901, following a legal battle over his will, before the first prizes were awarded.
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