A 10-year-old girl wearing Star of David jewelry, Hertzliya, Israel, Middle East

10 year-old Border Terrier dog, Jess, sitting in the sunshine in a country garden, England

Anuradha Koirala, proclaimed winner of CNN Hero of the Year 2010, warmly greeted upon her return. Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. A woman whose group has rescued more than 12,000 women and girls from sex slavery has been named the 2010 CNN Hero of the Year. Anuradha Koirala was chosen by the public in an online poll that ran for eight weeks on CNN.com. ?Human trafficking is a crime, a heinous crime, a shame to humanity,? Koirala said after being introduced as one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2010. ?I ask everyone to join me to create a society free of trafficking. We need to do this for all our daughters

Anuradha Koirala holds up her CNN Hero of the Year 2010 award as she is warmly greeted upon her return. Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. A woman whose group has rescued more than 12,000 women and girls from sex slavery has been named the 2010 CNN Hero of the Year. Anuradha Koirala was chosen by the public in an online poll that ran for eight weeks on CNN.com. ?Human trafficking is a crime, a heinous crime, a shame to humanity,? Koirala said after being introduced as one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2010. ?I ask everyone to join me to create a society free of trafficking. We need to do this for all our daughters

Portrait of a girl of Indian ethnicity at a Hindu Festival in Georgetown, Guyana, South America

Group of girls sitting on the beach of a lake

Group of girls splashing each other and playing in a lake

Traditionally dressed and made-up girls at a temple festival, Matsuri Festival, at the Kitano Tenmangu Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Two boys and four girls running across the beach, laughing, Bretagne, France, Europe

Girl carving a jack-o-lantern from a pumpkin for Halloween

Children splashing water at an animal watering trough, Elendsalm, Klooaschertal valley near Bayerischzell, Blauberge, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Group of girls playing with a ball on the beach of a lake

Woman and two children at Seljalandsfoss, Iceland, Europe

Group of girls playing with a ball on the beach of a lake

Two men in traditional Bavarian dress, Lederhose, on a meadow

Girlfriends lying on the beach of a lake

Woman, man, two girls and a boy walking along the beach, hand in hand, laughing, Bretagne, France, Europe

Girlfriends sitting on the beach of a lake

Group of girls playing with a ball on the beach of a lake

Group of girls splashing each other and playing in a lake

Girl carving a jack-o-lantern from a pumpkin for Halloween

Girl in Pampa Blanca village, Munizip Charazani, Departamento La Paz, Bolivia, South America

Group of girls playing with a ball on the beach of a lake

Group of girls playing with a ball on the beach of a lake

Two children running on the beach

Three friends, one girl and two boys, arm in arm

Mother on holiday carrying the suitcases for her family on her own on the beach

People sitting in a beer tent at an international festival for national costume, Muehldorf, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Boy carving a jack-o-lantern from a pumpkin for Halloween

Grandparents and their grandchildren, AIDS orphans, looking at photographs, Cameroon, Africa

Girls, portrait, Cameroon, Africa

Kindergarten boys wearing uniforms, Cameroon, Africa

Two boys and four girls having fun on the beach, laughing, Bretagne, France, Europe

Boy carrying a pail of water on his head, Sahel region, Cameroon, Africa

Boy fetching water from a well, Cameroon, Africa

Parade, youth playing music, drama, history, fundraising, Leon, Nicaragua, Central America

Family walking relaxed in a flower meadow

Girl lying on a couch and reading a magazine

Family standing relaxed in a flower meadow

Family standing relaxed in a flower meadow

Girl holding balloon, Cameroon, Africa

Eagle Ray (Myliobatidae) being fed, Discovery Cove, Orlando, Florida, USA, North America

School children wearing pioneer clothing with red ties around their necks, Vietnam, Asia

Gullfoss, The Golden Waterfall, Iceland, Europe

Family walking relaxed in a flower meadow

Girl reading a book

Family walking relaxed in a flower meadow

Eagle Ray (Myliobatidae) being fed, Discovery Cove, Orlando, Florida, USA, North America

Boy Ice Skating on Lake with Hockey Stick and Puck, Calgary, Alberta

Boy Ice Skating on Lake with Hockey Stick and Puck, Calgary, Alberta