On Friday, 17-year-old Malala Yousafzai became the youngest person ever to be awarded a Nobel Prize, sharing the 2014 Peace Prize for her work on children’s rights. Here’s a look in pictures of her rise to being a champion campaigner after she was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012.
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Malala Yousafzai opens the new Library of Birmingham at Centenary Square on September 3, 2013, in Birmingham, England. Malala was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman two years ago for insisting that girls as well as boys have the right to an education. Christopher Furlong / Getty Images -
On October 9, 2012, Pakistani hospital workers carry injured Malala Yousafzai, then 14, on a stretcher after her assassination attempt by gunmen in Mingora. Mohammed Rehman / AFP Photo -
News of her shooting led to protests in Pakistan and other countries on October 10, 2012. Aamir Qureshi / AFP Photo -
Pakistani soldiers carry Malala from a helicopter to a military hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan. She whould be later transferred from Pakistan to the UK via Abu Dhabi for life-saving treatment. Inter Services Public Relations Department / AP Photo -
Malala Yousafzai recovers in Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, on October 12, 2012. University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust / AP Photo -
Malala with her family on October 26, 2012, her brothers Khushal Khan, third right, and Apal Kha, right, and father Ziauddin Yousufzai, at the hospital in Birmingham. Queen Elizabeth Hospital / University Hospitals Birmingham / AFP Photo -
On July 13, 2013, Malala Yousafzai speaks before the United Nations Youth Assembly at UN headquarters in New York as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left, and Vuk Jeremic, right, President of the UN General Assembly listen. Stan Honda / AFP Photo -
On March 19, 2013, Malala Yousafzai is pictured holding a backpack in Birmingham as she returns to school for the first time. Liz Cave / Malala Press office / AFP Photo -
Former classmates at Malala Yousafzai’s hometown of Mingora in Pakistan in September 2013. It was thought she was going to win the Peace Prize in 2013. Aamir Quereshi / AFP Photo -
Malala Yousafzai won other awards, pictured here on October 7, 2013, by the Daily Mirror newspaper, David Beckham presents a Mirror Pride of Britain Teenager of Courage Award to Malala. Philip Coburn, Daily Mirror / AP Photo -
Malala Yousafzai gives a copy of her book, I Am Malala, to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II during a reception at Buckingham Palace on October 18, 2013. Yui Mok / AP Photo -
Malala Yousafzai receives the Sakharov Prize at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on November 20, 2013. Patrick Seeger / EPA -
Malala Yousafzai visits Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi on January 2, 2014. WAM -
Malala Yousafzai giving a press conference after meeting with the Nigerian president in Abuja on July 14,2014. The Malala Fund focuses on improving education in Pakistan, Nigeria, Syria among others. Wole Emmanuel / AFP Photo -
Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai meets UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon at United Nations headquarters. Stan Honda / AFP Photo / August 18, 2014 -
Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjorn Jagland holds photos of children’s rights activists Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan, right, and Kailash Satyarthi of India, winners of the Nobel Peace Prize 2014. Vegard Wivestad Grott, Scanpix / AP Photo
Rise of Malala, the youngest ever Nobel laureate — in pictures
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