Time Magazine International Edition 19-Dec-2016

POWER COMES IN ALL DIFFERENT tones and textures, which makes capturing it visually a particular challenge. It is a testimony to his talent and versatility that Nadav Kander has, for the second time, photographed a newly elected President for our Person of the Year cover. Four years ago it was Barack Obama, fresh off his re-election; this time, Donald Trump, who spoke with Obama the night before our cover shoot. There’s a unique bond between Presidents and their successors, and Trump talked about the surprising chemistry he felt with Obama both when they met at the White House two days after the election and in their conversations since. As Nadav and his team set up lights and equipment in the Trump Tower penthouse, the President-elect looked at Nadav’s portfolio, particularly…

DONALD TRUMP WINS WHAT MANY PEOPLE around the world feared has happened. How could it be that so many voted for someone so obviously unfit for any office, let alone the presidency? It appears that for far too many people, almost no grasp of history allowed a rerun of Joseph Goebbels’ style of propaganda. Make the lies big enough and repeat them often enough, and enough people will believe at least enough of them to be persuaded. Donald Trump is, of course, no Hitler. But the bombastic rhetoric looks very familiar to anyone who has seen footage of Benito Mussolini’s speeches. Once more, desperate people are putting their trust in a charlatan who promises to make everything right and persecute those whom they dislike. In the past, such people have…

‘MILLENNIALS, SHOW THE GENERATION BEFORE YOU THAT YOU ARE PAYING ATTENTION. CHANGE THE WORLD.’ TIM BLOOMQUIST of Traverse City, Mich., responding to Paul Taylor’s Feb. 22 story about politically disengaged millennials ‘BOOM—GLASS CEILING SHATTERED!!!’ Twitter user @SHEHZAD013, praising Sean Gregory’s March 14 profile of U.S. fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad ‘Should be required reading for all those trying to make some sense of the current state of racial relations in America.’ LARRY LASSETER of Brea, Calif., on Joe Klein’s July 25 column about healing in the aftermath of shootings in Baton Rouge, La., Dallas and Minneapolis ‘THE SYSTEM DOES NOT MAKE IT EASY.’ WILLIAM COLEMAN of Kirtland, Ohio, on trying to be an ecofriendly driver, in response to Justin Worland’s Aug. 8 story about the return of “gas-guzzling” vehicles ‘Youngsters are so…

JANUARY “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters.” DONALD TRUMP, nine days before America’s first state presidential contest FEBRUARY “This would be bad for America.” TIM COOK, Apple CEO, refusing an FBI request to unlock the iPhone of a San Bernardino, Calif., shooter “Ms. Eisenstein, one question.” CLARENCE THOMAS, Supreme Court Justice, breaking a decade-long stretch of not speaking during oral arguments MARCH “What we feared has happened.” CHARLES MICHEL, Belgian Prime Minister, after three coordinated suicide bombings “[This] is a story of government failure, intransigence, unpreparedness, delay, inaction and environmental injustice.” FLINT WATER ADVISORY TASK FORCE, in its report on the lead crisis APRIL “Nobody is above the law.” BARACK OBAMA, vowing that political considerations will not affect…

The boy in the ambulance Syrian 5-year-old Omran Daqneesh after an Aleppo airstrike on Aug. 17 A fight for their lives Migrants jump from a boat during a rescue off the coast of Libya on Aug. 29. More than 4,700 people died or went missing in the Mediterranean during sea crossings in 2016 Show of unity First Lady Michelle Obama embraces George W. Bush at President Obama’s inauguration of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington on Sept. 24; the photo inspired a series of humorous memes A historic win The Chicago Cubs celebrate their 8-7 defeat of the Cleveland Indians in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series in Cleveland on Nov. 2. The edge-of-your-seat finale, which came after Chicago was down 3-1 in…

Album Beyoncé’s chart-topping Lemonade Spacecraft Japan’s lost Hitomi satellite Script J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Bauble Kim Kardashian West’s stolen diamond ring Emoji The long-awaited “face palm” Costume Heidi Klum’s “clones” Dessert Manila Social Club’s $100 Golden Cristal Ube Donut Snack-tastrophe Kellogg Co.’s hot-dog-flavored Pringles Relic The 3.5-mm headphone jack (for iPhones, at least) Barrier A U.S. border wall, as evangelized by Trump Bills India’s banned 500- and 1,000-rupee notes Drug Mylan’s price-hiked EpiPen Vehicle James Corden’s karaoke-friendly Range Rover Shoe Nike’s self-tying HyperAdapt 1.0 Drink Alcosynth, the (allegedly) hangover-free alcohol Accessory Lady Gaga’s pink cowboy hat…