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Cambodian, Japanese among winners of Magsaysay Awards

This undated handout photo provided by the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation shows 2022 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for emergent leadership Gary Bencheghib from France. Regarded as Asia's version of the Nobel Prize, the annual awards are named after a Philippine president who died in a 1957 plane crash. (Ramon Magsaysay Awards Foundation via AP)

This undated handout photo provided by the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation shows 2022 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee pediatrician Bernadette Madrid from the Philippines. Regarded as Asia's version of the Nobel Prize, the annual awards are named after a Philippine president who died in a 1957 plane crash. (Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation via AP)

This undated handout photo provided by the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation shows 2022 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee Cambodian Sotheara Chhim. Regarded as Asia's version of the Nobel Prize, the annual awards are named after a Philippine president who died in a 1957 plane crash. (Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation via AP)

Cambodian, Japanese among winners of Magsaysay Awards