World

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People

TIME Person of the Year

January 2, 2026

TIME’s 2025 Person of the Year isn’t a person. It’s a group: the architects of artificial intelligence. This group includes AI innovators such as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, and Lisa Su, the CEO of Advanced Micro Devices.…

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Transportation

Commuting in the Clouds

January 1, 2026

Paris, France, unveiled a three-mile cable car route on December 13. It’s the first cable car route in the region, and the longest urban route in Europe. Commuters in the suburbs of Paris can now float over rush-hour traffic. The…

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Holidays

Ready to Celebrate

January 1, 2026

This shop in Liaoning Province, China, is one of many getting ready for Lunar New Year celebrations. February 17 will kick off the Year of the Fire Horse, which…

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Places

Kids Going Places

December 11, 2025

Fifth-grade students in North Carolina made some additions to our World’s Greatest Places list. Read a few here. We love hearing from our readers: Write to us at tfkeditors@time.com. I think Iceland is a great place. It has giant glaciers,…

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Sports

Let the Games Begin

December 10, 2025

The 2026 Winter Olympics are right around the corner. They begin on February 6. The Paralympics, which feature events for athletes with disabilities, start a month later. Both will take place across Northern Italy. More than 3,500 athletes from 93…

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Food and Nutrition

The Big Cheese

November 26, 2025

Does the smell of stinky socks make you hungry? The 2025 World Cheese Awards took place on November 13, in Bern, Switzerland. More than 250 judges sampled the best—and smelliest—cheeses from around the world. (In the world of cheese, a…

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A large group of people play bagpipes in a parade, with one man wearing a tall black feathered hat leading in the center.

Culture

Pipers Piping

November 25, 2025

On November 12, 375 bagpipers meet in Melbourne, Australia, to break the world record for largest bagpipe ensemble. They chose a song by Australian rock band AC…

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Places

A Great Height

November 6, 2025

On October 30, the Sagrada Familia became the world’s tallest church, when part of its new central tower was added. Located in Barcelona, Spain, the church is now 534 feet tall. The next-tallest church, in Germany, hits 530 feet. …

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A person kneels to take a photo of another person standing amid a vast desert landscape blanketed in blooming purple and white flowers. The vibrant field stretches toward distant mountains under a partly cloudy sky.

Nature

Desert Bloom

October 15, 2025

One of the driest places on Earth has burst into color. Recent rains in Chile’s Atacama Desert have brightened the arid landscape with a sea of wildflowers. The bloom has covered the desert in pink and purple, with patches of…

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Animals

Fan-Favorite Falcon

October 1, 2025

Aggressive campaigns. Trash-talking. Posters, costumes, and plenty of memes. These are all factors in New Zealand’s annual bird-of-the-year election, a contest meant to draw attention to the country’s native bird species. This year’s winner? A speedy little falcon known largely…

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