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# December 29, 2025 | Vol. 206 No. 21 December 29, 2025 |  

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Vol. 206 No. 21

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December 29th, 2025 | Vol. 206, No. 21 | Worldwide

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December 29, 2025

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U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Asia, South Pacific

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## Table of Contents

BusinessClimateEntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsSportsWorld

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### Neal Mohan Is TIME's 2025 CEO of the Year

The YouTube CEO has led the platform into a new era of TV and video domination.

### Climate

[Climate](/section/climate/)

### How 2025 Broke The Traditional Climate Agenda

It was a complicated year for climate action.

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Leonardo DiCaprio Is TIME's 2025 Entertainer of the Year

Movie by movie, the actor has crafted a Hollywood career that’s built to last—even in an industry defined by change.

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### _KPop Demon Hunters_ Is TIME's 2025 Breakthrough of the Year

What started as a passion project became a global phenomenon.

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### The 10 Best Movies of 2025

From 'Blue Moon' to 'Sinners,' TIME's critic names the top films of the year.

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### The 10 Best TV Shows of 2025

From 'Forever' to 'Pluribus,' here are our critic's picks for the best of the year.

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### The 10 Best Books of 2025

From 'Heart the Lover' to 'A Marriage at Sea,' here are our books editor's picks for the best of the year.

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### The 10 Best Albums of 2025

From Rosalía to Geese, here are TIME's top picks for albums of the year.

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### 2025 Has Been a Year of Unraveling Progress in Health

From vaccine hostility to the dismantling of USAID, the consequences of this year’s retrenchments will be felt for years to come.

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### How the U.S. Can Win the AI Race

Eric Schmidt says why the U.S. can remain the global AI leader in 2026 only if it competes on all fronts.

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Spatial Intelligence Is AI’s Next Frontier

AI’s spatial capabilities remain far from the human level but tremendous progress has been made thus far, writes Fei-Fei Li.

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### We're Not Ready for AI's Risks

It’s possible that we’re nearing the limits of our current approach to frontier AI, says Yoshua Bengio.

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### AI Is the Next Industrial Revolution

Experts believe that some time within the next 20 years, AI will become much smarter than humans at almost everything including persuasion.

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### All Gas, No Guardrails: Trump’s Whirlwind First Year Back in Office

Trump worked to keep himself the focus of attention

### Sports

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### A'ja Wilson Is TIME's 2025 Athlete of the Year

Her fourth MVP award. Her third WNBA title. It was a very good year

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### The Architects of AI Are TIME's 2025 Person of the Year

The Architects of AI drove the economy, shaped geopolitics, and changed the way we interact with the world.

[World](/section/world/)

### Why the Architects of AI Are TIME’s 2025 Person of the Year

TIME’s editor-in-chief explains why we chose the Architects of AI as the 2025 Person of the Year.

[World](/section/world/)

### The Story Behind TIME’s 2025 Person of the Year Covers

To illustrate the choice, we commissioned two artists to visualize the complex technological revolution, writes creative director D.W. Pine.


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