This photo taken on Oct. 16, 2024 shows the 2024 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Prize for Girls' and Women's Education award ceremony in Paris, France. Two organizations from Uganda and Zambia were awarded the prize. The UNESCO Prize for Girls' and Women's Education, established by China in cooperation with UNESCO, is the organization's only prize for promoting girls' and women's education. It plays a vital role in publicizing the concept of gender equality in education and related good practices and in implementing gender equality as a global priority. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)