A Pakistani teenager who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban has received the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in the European Parliament.
Malala Yousafzai was targeted for campaigning for the right of girls to have an education.
The EU's top human rights award is named after former physicist and dissident Andrei Sakharov who stood up to Soviet authorities.
Malala was recognised by the European Parliament for her bravery in demanding the right to an education in Pakistan - despite death threats and an attempted assassination.
The teenager, who is from the Swat district near Afghanistan, was hit just above her left eye by a bullet that grazed the edge of her brain.
She made a strong recovery after treatment in Pakistan and Britain, and continues to campaign for every child's right to education.
The man who ordered her to be shot, Maulana Fazlullah, was recently appointed head of the Pakistan Taliban after his predecessor was killed in a US drone strike.
