Bodies of dead Palestinians who were killed in Israeli airstrikes, are seen in a truck in the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. Abed Khaled/AP hide caption
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They have suffered great pain but not lost their compassion. Clockwise from top left: Dr. Lina Qasem Hassan, a Palestinian citizen of Israel whose relative in Gaza, an ambulance driver, died in an airstrike; Robi Damelin, whose son was killed by a Palestinian sniper; Maoz Inon, whose parents died in the Hamas attack of Oct. 7; Yousef Bashir, who as a teen was shot by an Israeli soldier in Gaza. Clockwise from top left: Courtesy of Lina Qasem Hassan; Parents Circle — Families Forum; courtesy of Inon family; courtesy of Bobbie Gottschalk. hide caption
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Pakistani teacher Riffat Arif, known as Sister Zeph, is the 2023 winner of the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize. She holds a trophy presented at a dinner in her honor in Paris. She says she faced bad treatment from her teachers at school and dreamed of "a teacher who gives equal respect and love to children with no difference. I could not find that teacher, so I will be that teacher." Ludovic Marin /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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