The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Ican) is this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, winning the award for the group’s “groundbreaking efforts to achieve a treaty prohibition” on nuclear weapons. Ican is a coalition of hundreds of non-government organisations (NGOs) based in Geneva, Switzerland. The Peace Prize, which will be presented in December, comes with an award of nine million Swedish kronor ($1.1 million, £846,000).