NATION

WORLD

The Year in the World

In countries from Mexico to Yugoslavia, the cry was let freedom ring! In the Middle East, gunfire rang out. Elsewhere, in Africa, tragedy came more quietly

SCIENCE

The Year In Nature (Nature)

The planet strikes back! After being polluted, denuded and otherwise ravaged, Earth got fearsome with floods, fires and the threat of worse to come

SOCIETY

The Year's Trends (Trends)

Even without a Macarena or a double latte, 2000's fads were fun and frothy

SPORT

The Year in Sport

From the Sydney Olympics to the Subway Series, performances transcended the playing field

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Time & Life (To Our Readers)

Two famous siblings in Henry Luce's family of magazines go into business together

2000 That Was The Year That Wasn't (Introduction)

From Y2K through the unpresidential election, the much ballyhooed year 2000 featured a series of cacophonous drum rolls followed by...silence

The Year's News In Pictures (News Quiz)

These photographs don't prove that a picture's worth a thousand words--they're not worth half that--but they do prove another adage: pictures can be deceiving

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The Year's Arts

The fantastical was made flesh and a skewed reality took over the tube. One sure bet: things will get stranger still

SPECIAL SECTION

LIFE Remembers (Farewell)

They illuminated our lives with their own. They entertained us, and inspired us

PEOPLE