Person of the year

The choice for TIME’s Person of the Year for 2020 is down to four candidates. The magazine has revealed its shortlist ahead of its first ever televised special, airing Thursday at 10 p.m. ET on NBC, in which TIME will reveal the recipient its editors felt most influenced the world during a tragic and turbulent year across the globe.

Teen climate change activist Greta Thunberg has been named the 2019 TIME Person of the Year, becoming the youngest figure to receive the distinction in its 92-year history.

The 16-year-old from Sweden has become a prominent face in the fight to save the environment from the effects of climate change.

The day is here for TIME to reveal its 2019 Person of the Year. The magazine narrowed down its 10-person shortlist on Tuesday to the five candidates that TIME editors will consider for the person who has most influenced the world in the past year. TIME has made the designation every year since 1927. Last year, TIME editors selected “The…