<strong>October 29:</strong> Young activist Malala Yousafsai attends an award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, before receiving the World's Children Prize for the Rights of the Child. Yousafzai, 17, also <a href='http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/10/world/europe/nobel-peace-prize/index.html'>received the Nobel Peace Prize</a> this year. Two years ago, she was shot in the head by the Taliban for her efforts to promote education for girls in Pakistan. Since then, after recovering from surgery, she <a href='http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/10/world/gallery/malala-yousufzai/index.html'>has taken her campaign to the world stage.</a>
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