Muhammad Yunus
Photo gallery
1 (of 19) Nobel Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus at the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony at Oslo City Hall, 10 December 2006.
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2 (of 19) Mosammat Taslima Begum (left), representing Grameen Bank, and Muhammad Yunus pose with their Nobel Peace Prize Medals and Diplomas.
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Muhammad Yunus delivering his Nobel Lecture at the Oslo City Hall, 10 December 2006.
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Photo: Ken Opprann
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Crown Princess Mette-Marit and Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus, Mosammat Taslima Begum (representing Grameen Bank), and Their Majesties King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway at Oslo City Hall, 10 December 2006.
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Photo: Ken Opprann
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Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, signing the guest book at the Norwegian Nobel Institute.
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Photo: Ken Opprann
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All the 2006 Nobel Laureates assembled for a group photo during their visit to the Nobel Foundation, 12 December 2006. Left to right: John C. Mather, Edmund S. Phelps, Roger Kornberg, Dipal Chandra Barua (representing Grameen Bank), Orhan Pamuk, Andrew Z. Fire, Craig C. Mello, Muhammad Yunus, and George F. Smoot.
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Photo: Torbjörn Zadig
7 (of 19) 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus during a podcast recording at the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, 19 May 2014.
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8 (of 19) 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus during a visit to the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, 19 May 2014.
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9 (of 19) Muhammad Yunus visiting the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 12 December 2006.
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10 (of 19) Muhammad Yunus, like many Nobel Laureates before him, autographs a chair at Kafé Satir at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 12 December 2006.
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11 (of 19) Muhammad Yunus during his visit to the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 12 December 2006.
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2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus during the interview at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 12 December 2006. The interviewer is Marika Griehsel, freelance journalist.
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Photo: Frida Westholm
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2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus during the interview for Nobelprize.org in Stockholm, 12 December 2006.
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Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad in Stockholm, 12 December 2006.
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15 (of 19) 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus.
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16 (of 19) Muhammad Yunus and loan holders of Grameen Bank.
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17 (of 19) Muhammad Yunus visits Grameen Bank Centers and loan holders, who are mostly women.
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18 (of 19) Muhammad Yunus is being greeted.
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19 (of 19) Mairead Corrigan Maguire, 1976 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, visiting Grameen Bank and Muhammad Yunus on 23 November 1998.
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Nobel Prizes and laureates
Six prizes were awarded for achievements that have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. The 12 laureates' work and discoveries range from proteins' structures and machine learning to fighting for a world free of nuclear weapons.
See them all presented here.