--- title: December 18th, 2017 | Vol. 190, No. 25 | U.S. description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/magazine/us/5055335/december-18th-2017-vol-190-no-25-u-s/ og:title: December 18th, 2017 | Vol. 190, No. 25 | U.S. og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/magazine/us/5055335/december-18th-2017-vol-190-no-25-u-s/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27e932fc4f4e2337/6988f3f5bc6cfc891f3e437a/poy-final-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2363 og:image:height: 1329 og:image:alt: 2017 Person of the Year Silence Breakers Time Magazine Cover 171218 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: December 18th, 2017 | Vol. 190, No. 25 | U.S. twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27e932fc4f4e2337/6988f3f5bc6cfc891f3e437a/poy-final-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Back to the vault # December 18, 2017 | Vol. 190 No. 25December 18, 2017 | Vol. 190 No. 25  Issue name December 18th, 2017 | Vol. 190, No. 25 | U.S. Issue date December 18, 2017 Location U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Asia, South Pacific Related categories [Influence](/vault/subject/influence/) [Person of the Year](/vault/subject/person-of-the-year/) [Society](/vault/subject/society/) [Gender](/vault/subject/gender/) [Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents EntertainmentIdeasU.S.World ### Entertainment [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### The Top 10 Television Shows of 2017 [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### The Top 10 Movies of 2017 From 'Get Out' to 'Dunkirk' [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### The Top 10 Albums of 2017 [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### The Top 10 Movie Performances of 2017 From Bob Odenkirk in 'The Post' to Saoirse Ronan in 'Lady Bird' [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### The Top 10 Fictional Characters of 2017 From This Is Us' Randal Pearson to Wonder Woman ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### The Top 10 Non-Fiction Books of 2017 [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### The Top 10 Novels of 2017 From "Sing, Unburied, Sing" to "Lincoln in the Bardo" ### U.S. [U.S.](/section/us/) ### TIME's 2017 Person of the Year: The Silence Breakers [U.S.](/section/us/) ### Behind the Scenes of TIME's Person of the Year 2017 [U.S.](/section/us/) ### ‘I Just Did What Anybody Would Do.’ 5 Heroes Who Gave Us Hope in 2017 “When something bad happened, people’s true character unfolded, and it was exceptional" ### World [World](/section/world/) ### Behind the Powerful Portraits of 'Silence Breakers' in TIME's Person of the Year Issue December 18th, 2017 | Vol. 190, No. 25 | U.S. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"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"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"December 18th, 2017 | Vol. 190, No. 25 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/5055335/december-18th-2017-vol-190-no-25-u-s/"}]}]} ```