2022’s TIME Person of the Year!
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TIME magazine has chosen the president of Ukraine “Volodymyr Zelensky” as the Person of the Year for 2022.
The award is given to the person or event that is judged to have had the largest impact on the course of world events over the course of the previous year.
Protesters in Iran, the Supreme Court of the United States, and China’s President Xi Jinping were among the other candidates.
Key facts!
- TIME magazine says that Volodymyr Zelensky shows what Ukraine is all about.
- He speaks for Ukrainians all over the world, including a lot of people who “fought behind the scenes.
- This group includes people like Ievgen Klopotenko, a chef who fed tens of thousands of Ukrainians for free.
- Yuliia Payevska is a doctor who was taken into Russian custody and then let go after three months.
- The Russian government held both of these people as prisoners.
- Mr Zelensky’s bravery in fighting back against the Russian invasion won him praise all over the world.
- It was said that Zelensky’s success as a commander during the war depended on the idea that bravery can spread from one person to the next.
- Time magazine’s Heroes of the Year for 2022 are the women of Iran.
- The K-pop band Blackpink is its Entertainer of the Year for 2022.
- Aaron Judge, an American baseball player, was named Athlete of the Year.
- And Michelle Yeoh, a Malaysian actress, was named Icon of the Year.
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Watch a video
TIME Clips from a Youtube video show Volodymyr Zelensky and the Ukrainian spirit.
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