--- --- Back to the vault # December 23, 2019 | Vol. 194 No. 27-28December 23, 2019 | Vol. 194 No. 27-28  Issue name December 23rd, 2019 | Vol. 194, No. 27-28 | U.S. Issue date December 23, 2019 Location U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Asia, South Pacific, North America, South America Related categories [Influence](/vault/subject/influence/) [Person of the Year](/vault/subject/person-of-the-year/) [Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents HistoryIdeasWorld ### History [History](/section/history/) ### Greta Thunberg Is the Youngest TIME Person of the Year Ever. Here’s How She Made History The climate activist is the first teenager to receive the recognition ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Behind the Scenes of TIME's 2019 Person of the Year Issue ### World [World](/section/world/) ### Greta Thunberg: TIME's Person of the Year 2019 [World](/section/world/) ### The Story Behind TIME's 2019 Person of the Year Cover Photographer Evgenia Arbugaeva used art references to create a portrait of Greta Thunberg on a beach in Lisbon December 23rd, 2019 | Vol. 194, No. 27-28 | 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 23rd, 2019 | Vol. 194, No. 27-28 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/5748137/december-23rd-2019-vol-194-no-27-u-s/"}]}]} ```