Global peacemakers and well-wishers flooded the streets of Oslo, Norway Monday night in an annual torchlight parade to mark the Nobel Prize award ceremonies held at Oslo's City Hall on Monday. /VCG Photo

"Congratulations Murad & Mukwege." The crowd holds a banner and lights candles outside the Grand Hotel in Oslo to greet the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureates, Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege, and Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad. /VCG Photo

The two Nobel awardees, who were recognized "for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict," say they hope the Nobel recognition will help raise awareness of sexual violence in conflict zones and prompt more action from international communities. /VCG Photo

"We cannot say that we didn't act because we didn't know. Now everyone knows. And I think now the international community has a responsibility to act," Mukwege told reporters at a news conference on Sunday. /VCG Photo