WASHINGTON — The winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was announced early Friday morning.

Maria Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader, was selected by the five-person Norwegian Nobel Committee and revealed in Oslo, Norway.

Leading up to Friday's announcement , U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to win the Nobel Peace Prize drew added attention to the annual guessing game over who its next laureate would be.

Who else was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize this year?

The selection and nomination process for the Nobel Peace Prize is notoriously secretive. There were 338 candidates nominated for the 2025 prize, of which 244 were individuals and 94 organizations, according to the group . But beyond that, we don't officially know who else was nominated.

None of the nomin

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