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Denis Mukwege

This is a combined composition with two portraits: Yazidi survivor Nadia Murad on the left and Denis Mukwege on the right.

Congolese doctor, Yazidi activist win Nobel Peace Prize for combating sexual violence

Denis Mukwege, a doctor who helps victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by ISIS, won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

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