person of the year

She burst onto the world stage after organizing school strikes and protests to call attention to the climate crisis. The Swedish activist, 16, is the youngest person to earn the title.

The magazine continues a recent trend of naming the U.S. president-elect "Person of the Year" in election years; Barack Obama was given the title in 2012 and 2008, and George W. Bush in 2004 and 2000.