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Stories of 2015

In a series of interviews to be published in the days leading up to New Year, Guardian writers speak to some of the people who made headlines in 2015 or were closely involved in the year's big stories
  • Osama Abdul Mohsen with signed football

    Stories of 2015: Syrian refugee tripped by Hungarian camera operator

    Osama Abdul Mohsen, seen by millions being brought to the ground by Petra László as he ran with his son near the Hungary-Serbia border in September, is now happily settled in Spain
  • Chris Norman, who with three Americans wrestled a would-be gunman to the floor of the train in August.

    Briton who helped foil train terror attack: what happened next

    Chris Norman says he needs to understand reasons for terrorist’s thwarted plan to shoot passengers during SNCF journey from Amsterdam to Paris
  • Tima Kurdi

    Stories of 2015: how Alan Kurdi's death changed the world

  • Ministers arrive for a photocall to mark the deal in July

    Stories of 2015: the diplomats who stayed up all night to save the day

  • Refugees in inflatable dinghy being towed

    Stories of 2015: the refugee who became a people smuggler

    Unable to work legally in Turkey, Mohamad, a Syrian electrician, now earns up to $20,000 a week finding customers for the dangerous boat journey to Greece
  • Karim Sahloul, receptionist, Palm Marine Hotel.

    The Tunisian who rescued tourists after terror attack: what happened next

    Hotel receptionist Karim Sahloul braved gunfire to save the life of a British woman who was shot five times. But now he worries if the tourists will return
  • Cecil the lion

    Stories of 2015: Man who identified Cecil the lion's killer vows death will not be in vain

    Zimbabwean activist Johnny Rodrigues says he now has an unprecedented platform to promote conservation
  • Antonis Deligiorgis rescues Wegasi Nebiat from the Aegean Sea on 20 April.

    Stories of 2015: the heroism of a Greek soldier who pulled refugees from the sea

    Image of Antonis Deligiorgis rescuing Wegasi Nebiat was one of the most striking illustrations of valour in the crisis unfolding on Europe’s southern shores
  • Paula Hawkins

    Stories of 2015: Paula Hawkins, from struggling author to literary sensation

  • Stephanie with her daughter Francesca, born during a rescue operation by the Italian navy

    Stories of 2015: born on a rescue boat – a baby refugee's progress

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