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Person of the Year ... Time has made a worthy choice for its Person of the Year. Picture: Supplied. Source: Supplied
TIME magazine has named the medics who have treated patients struck with the killer Ebola virus as its “Person of the Year 2014â€, paying tribute to their courage and mercy.
The year saw the Ebola outbreak turn into an epidemic in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, and there have been scattered cases in Nigeria, Mali, Spain, Germany and the United States.
The Ebola fighters ... Time’s Person of the Year 2014. Picture: Time. Source: Supplied
“Ebola is a war, and a warning. The global health system is nowhere close to strong enough to keep us safe from infectious disease,†wrote Time editor Nancy Gibbs, announcing the prestigious annual title on Wednesday.
“The rest of the world can sleep at night because a group of men and women are willing to stand and fight.
Working tirelessly ... Time magazine has acknowledged medical professionals. Picture Time. Source: Supplied
“For tireless acts of courage and mercy, for buying the world time to boost its defences, for risking, for persisting, for sacrificing and saving, the Ebola fighters are Time’s 2014 Person of the Year.â€
Time magazine’s short list for Person of the Year 2014.
The Ferguson protesters, who took to the streets in August following the fatal shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a white police officer, and again in November when a grand jury declined to indict the officer in the killing.
People power ... A group of protesters angry about a decision not to indict police officers who killed men in Ferguson, Missouri and New York. Picture: AP Source: AP
Vladimir Putin, the Russian president who has remained in the headlines throughout this year, from his country’s stewardship of the Winter Olympics in Sochi to its annexation of Crimea, and its role in the ongoing civil strife in eastern Ukraine.
Shirt-front ... Tony Abbott (L) shaking hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during the G20 Summit. Picture: AFP Source: AFP
Taylor Swift, one of the world’s top-selling pop artists, who this year shook up the music industry by pulling her music from streaming service Spotify, which she believes should compensate artists more.
Shake It Off ... Taylor Swift. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied
Jack Ma, an English teacher turned founder and CEO of Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant which debuted a $25 billion IPO.
Biggest IPO ... Founder and CEO of Ali baba.com, Jack Ma. Picture: AFP Source: AFP
Tim Cook, who introduced Apple’s iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, Apple Watch, and Apple Pay this year, and whose decision to come out made him the first openly gay Fortune 500 CEO.
Came out ... Apple’s Tim Cook. Source: DailyTelegraph
Masoud Barzani, the acting president of the Iraqi Kurdish Region since 2005, who has deftly threaded the region’s push for independence with the ongoing fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria.
Short listed ... Kurdish Regional Government President Masoud Barzani. Picture: AFP Source: AFP
Roger Goodell, the National Football League commissioner whose leadership has been under great scrutiny this year as the league dealt with public incidents of domestic abuse by players such as Ray Rice, among other controversies.
Tough year ... NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Picture: AP Source: AP