Newsmakers 2016

Newsmakers: Watch the viral videos and revisit the social-media buzz that dominated our online lives in 2016

In a hard 2016, a misogynistic insult from Donald Trump became a rallying cry

One day she was just another Canadian teenager—the next, Penny Oleksiak was an Olympic powerhouse

Our 2016 Newsmakers: Have Elon Musk’s visionary ideas gotten ahead of his ability to deliver? Don’t bet on it.

Our 2016 Newsmakers: Cutting-edge research and the big health issue that science hasn’t figured out (yet)

Our 2016 Newsmakers: From Kobe Bryant’s career-ending high, to Maria Sharapova’s doping charge

As wildfires devastated Fort McMurray, Darby Allen became the face of ’fighting the beast’

As aging monarchs slow down, the spotlight shifts to the younger generation of royals

What’s a year without the spice of conflict? The feuds that defined 2016, from our Newsmakers issue

2016 Newsmakers: The people, events, and moments that reflect the heroes and villains of the year that was