--- title: 2024: A Year In Review description: Here's a look back on some of the most impactful events of 2024. canonical: https://time.com/7203743/2024-a-year-in-review/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-12-21T00:08:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-10T23:20:45.348Z article:section: World og:title: 2024: A Year In Review og:description: Here's a look back on some of the most impactful events of 2024. og:url: https://time.com/7203743/2024-a-year-in-review/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdaac6813631c2280/698b24ec09208f6e6b424cd4/THUMBNAIL.00_00_02_06.Still001_7494af.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1920 og:image:height: 1080 og:image:alt: TIME Year In Review og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 2024: A Year In Review twitter:description: Here's a look back on some of the most impactful events of 2024. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdaac6813631c2280/698b24ec09208f6e6b424cd4/THUMBNAIL.00_00_02_06.Still001_7494af.jpg?branch=production ---  # 2024: A Year In Review by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Dec 21, 2024 12:08 AM CUT  by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Dec 21, 2024 12:08 AM CUT Here's a look back on some of the most impactful events of 2024. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7203743/2024-a-year-in-review/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7203743/2024-a-year-in-review/"},"headline":"2024: A Year In Review","datePublished":"2024-12-21T00:08:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-10T23:20:45.348Z","description":"Here's a look back on some of the most impactful events of 2024.","url":"https://time.com/7203743/2024-a-year-in-review/","keywords":["climate","News","video","Eclipse","AI","Sports"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdaac6813631c2280/698b24ec09208f6e6b424cd4/THUMBNAIL.00_00_02_06.Still001_7494af.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdaac6813631c2280/698b24ec09208f6e6b424cd4/THUMBNAIL.00_00_02_06.Still001_7494af.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TIME Year In Review","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/climate/","name":"climate"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/7203743/2024-a-year-in-review/","name":"2024: A Year In Review"}}]}] ```