(CNN) This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the World Food Programme (WFP) for its "efforts to combat hunger" and its "contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas." JUST WATCHED World Food Programme chief on contracting COVID-19 Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH World Food Programme chief on contracting COVID-19 07:20"In the face of the pandemic, the World Food Programme has demonstrated an impressive ability to intensify its efforts. A World Food Programme food aid drop near a village in Ayod county, South Sudan, on February 6, 2020. This year's prize comes at the end of a fascinating week of Nobel announcements, which included the Nobel Prize for Literature going to US poet Louise Glück on Thursday. The Nobel Prize in Physics went to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for their discoveries about black holes.

Source: CNN October 09, 2020 09:06 UTC