PERSON OF THE YEAR
Person of the Year: You
Yes, you. You control the Information Age. Welcome to your world.
Power to the People
Meet 15 citizens—including a French rapper, a relentless reviewer and a real life lonely girl—of the new digital democracy
The YouTube Gurus
How a couple of regular guys built a company that changed the way we see ourselves
People Who Mattered
Our gallery of those who made a difference—for better or for worse
People Who Mattered: Shinzo Abe (Newsmaker)
A New Leader Takes The Stage in Japan
People Who Mattered: Muhammad Yunus (Newsmaker)
Banker to the Poor
A Fond Farewell
A last goodbye to those we lost in 2006
GLOBAL ADVISER
Flow Control (Home)
French architect Jean Nouvel takes the bathroom faucet into the 21st century
Animal Magnetism (On Show)
The circus meets the stage at the Zingaro Theater
Holywood (TIME Traveler)
The Czech village of Trest is famed for its vast, handcarved nativity scenes
Advanced Italian (Local Fare)
New York's famed French Culinary Institute adopts a new cuisine and goes global
Kiddie Kingdom (Day Tripper)
London's Museum of Childhood is a treasure chest of nostalgic and historic toys and games
WORLD
A Superpower Made Ordinary (Essay)
The World Cup isn't the only field that America can't dominate
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Best Asian Books of 2006
Looking for holiday diversions? Our writers bring you this highly eclectic selection of their favorite Asian books of the past year—from a French Buddhist monk's insights into happiness to the finest studies of contemporary China to a 900-page novel about cops and gangsters in Bombay
BRIEFING
Letters (Notebook)
Christianity, Islam and the Pope