These are TIME's Next Gen Leaders

Hosam Mamoon Zowawi in his laboratory at the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research on Nov. 7, 2014 in Brisbane, Australia.

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ResearchGate founder Ijad Madisch at his office on Oct. 28, 2014 in Berlin.

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Phindile Sithole-Spong, HIV visionary, writer, and activist, at her home in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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John Winyu Wongsurawat, host of online TV political satire show, Shallow News in Depth, posing at the show's Bangkok studio.

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Iseult Ward, Founder and CEO of Irish company Foodcloud, which links businesses with surplus to charities in need, via an app.

Kim Haughton for TIME

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Mixed Martial Artist Ann Osman poses for a portrait before competing in the One Fighting Championship event on Oct. 16, 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Adam Ferguson for Time

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Brazilian entrepreneur and writer Bel Pesce at FazINOVA offices on Oct. 22, 2014 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Luiz Maximiano for TIME

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A detail from Sokov's portrait of Vladimir Putin.

Courtesy of Pavel Sokov

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Zhao Bowen, founder and CEO of QuantiHealth in Beijing on Aug. 15, 2014

Zachary Bako for TIME

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Flying Doctor Ola Orekunrin in Lagos, Nigeria on Aug. 21, 2014.

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Self-made music video mogul Jamal Edwards in London on Aug. 21, 2014.

Laura Pannack for TIME

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Tunisian woman's right's activist Ikram Ben Said at her home in Tunis, Tunisia on Aug. 18, 2014.

Fancesco Zizola—NOOR for TIME

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Architect Alok Shetty at one of his new construction sites in Bangalore, India on Aug. 20, 2014. He has designed an environmentally friendly house with folding walls.

Sumit Dayal for TIME

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Social entrepreneur Adi Altschuler in Tel Aviv on Aug. 15, 2014.

Yaakov Israel for TIME

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