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The Choice
“I’m surprised at how faint-hearted we sometimes are, and how quickly we lose courage”

TIME’s 2015 Person of the Year: Angela Merkel

Runner-Up: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Runner-Up: Donald Trump

Runner-Up: Black Lives Matter

Runner-Up: Hassan Rouhani

Runner-Up: Travis Kalanick

Runner-Up: Caitlyn Jenner

Behind TIME’s Person of the Year Cover

The magazine has a long history of asking artists to create cover portraits

The 15-Minutes-of-Famers in 2015

The people and phenomena that rose, briefly, to the top

The Teddy Awards 2015

Doers, diplomats and leaders who ignored our worst instincts

This Was the Year the Adults Gave Up

Quit your job, smoke some dope, grow a beard

Readers Respond To TIME Stories

Movies

Theater

Quotes

Music

Books

Highs & Lows

Similar themes, opposite fates

Firsts & Lasts

The most talked-about milestones

Hashtags

News stories amplified by social media

Moments

Memorable images of major (and minor) events

Make-Believe

The most influential characters in fiction

Things

Inanimate objects that drove the news

Then & Now

Checking up on TIME’s past Persons of the Year

The Decider

Who’s worthy of the title? Follow your own path to 2015’s most notable figure

Television

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