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Heroes can emerge anywhere, often surprising themselves with their own bravery.  This year we celebrate four from across the globe.

The man who tackled a would-be killer Brazilian delivery man Caio Benicio was passing a Dublin school when he saw a man pulling a little girl away from a woman. He also saw a knife. 

Caio jumped off his bike and ran towards the man. Using his helmet as a weapon, he knocked him to the ground. "You see a man with a knife with a little girl - there is nothing else to do," he said.¹ " You just have to act."

The man who took on a dictatorship Jimmy Lai went on trial in Hong KongAn estimated two million people took part in pro-democracy, anti-government protests in 2019. yesterday charged with "collusion" with foreign forces. If found guilty, the 76-year-old media tycoonA wealthy or powerful person in their industry. faces life in prison. His crime? To have stood up for democracyA system of government based on the idea of rule by the people..

Lai has been an open critic of the regime in Beijing since the Tiananmen SquareA huge open space in the middle of Beijing. It is known for a large-scale student protest that took place there in 1989 before being brutally crushed by China's communist rulers. massacre. He supported the Umbrella Movement protests in Hong Kong in 2014 and demonstrations against a new extradition bill in 2019.

The doctor who refused to abandon his patients Hammam Aloh was a 36-year-old doctor at the Al-Shifa Hospital in GazaThe smaller of two Palestinian territories, home to two million people. It is located on the Mediterranean coast, bordered by Israel and Egypt. City. When the Israeli Defence Force ordered the evacuation of the hospital, he refused to go: "If I go, who will treat my patients?" he said.

After days of working solidly in terrible conditions, he went to check on his parents at their home nearby. While he was there it was hit by an Israeli missile.

The girl who gave her life for her friend Elianne Andam died while trying to protect another girl from a boy with a knife.

The two were on their way to school when a boy allegedly offered her friend some flowers. She refused them; he then pulled out a knife. When Elianne tried to intervene, she was stabbed.

Elianne was just 15. Her family said she was intelligent, thoughtful and kind.

Who will you choose?

Choose which of these impressive people is your hero of 2023. Come back tomorrow to see who has won.

Hong Kong - An estimated two million people took part in pro-democracy, anti-government protests in 2019.

Tycoon - A wealthy or powerful person in their industry.

Democracy - A system of government based on the idea of rule by the people.

Tiananmen Square - A huge open space in the middle of Beijing. It is known for a large-scale student protest that took place there in 1989 before being brutally crushed by China's communist rulers.

Gaza - The smaller of two Palestinian territories, home to two million people. It is located on the Mediterranean coast, bordered by Israel and Egypt.