# List of covers of Time magazine (2010s)

Time was first published in 1923. As Time became established as one of the United States' leading news magazines, an appearance on the cover of Time became an indicator of notability, fame or notoriety. Such features were accompanied by articles.
European, Middle Eastern, African, Asian and South Pacific versions of the magazine were published in addition to the United States edition. This article distinguishes versions when the covers are different.
For other decades, see Lists of covers of Time magazine.

## 2010

| Date | Persons or topics | Caption |
| January 11 | Flight 253 | Fear of Flying/The 4 Lessons of Flight 253 |
| January 18 | Why Your DNA Isn't Your Destiny | Why Your DNA Isn't Your Destiny/The new science of epigenetics reveals how the choices you make can change your genes-and those of your kids. |
| January 25 | A boy | Special Report: Haiti's Tragedy |
| February 1 | Barack Obama | Now what? Obama Starts Over. |
| February 8 | US: A squashed American football Europe/Asia: A child walking along rubble | US: The Most Dangerous Game Europe/Asia: Haiti: The Aftermath |
| February 15 | Robert Gates | Man of War |
| February 22 | US: Three generations of the same family Europe/Asia: A twisted toyota keyfob | US: The science of living longer Europe/Asia: Toyota's Tangle |
| March 1 | US/Asia: Capital dome frozen in an ice cube Europe: An oil rig in the ocean | US/Asia: Why Washington is Frozen Europe: Immigration: Why Europe's All at Sea |
| March 8 | US/Asia: A member of the Taliban Europe: A globe | US/Asia: Taking on the Taliban Europe: Where did Europe go? |
| March 15 | US: Tom Hanks Europe/Asia: An F1 racing car | US: History Maker: How Tom Hanks is redefining America's past Europe/Asia: The Turbulent Times of Formula One |
| March 22 | A hand balancing a light bulb on one finger | 10 ideas for the next 10 years |
| March 29 | US: A crowd form the word "JOBS" Europe/South Pacific: Pope Benedict XVI Asia: A large "O" with space inside for the caption | US: [Jobs:] Where They Are Europe/South Pacific: The Pope's Nightmare: From Ireland to Germany, the Catholic Church is under fire over sexual abuse by priests. Will Benedict act? Asia: Obama's Return: What the US President's visit to Indonesia means for Asia |
| April 5 | An image of the USA composed of pieces of medical equipment | Health Care Reform Comes to America |
| April 12 | Steve Jobs | Inside Steve's Pad |
| April 19 | US: Schoolchild sat at a desk Europe, Middle East, South Pacific & Africa: Army officer training in Wales (closeup) Asia: The back of Barack Obama's head on a Chinese flag background | US: Should Schools Bribe Kids? Europe, Middle East, South Pacific & Africa: Why Britain's election Should Be About Her Asia: Obama's China Challenge |
| April 26 | Road with soldiers on Asia (alternate): Benigno Aquino III | A Captain's Story Asia (alternate): The New Aquino: Can Noynoy save the Philippines? |
| May 3 | A contraceptive pill | The Pill: So Small. So powerful. And so misunderstood. |
| May 10 | Didier Drogba, Lady Gaga, and Bill Clinton (Time 100) | The 100 most influential people in the world |
| May 17 | Ship in a sea full of spilled oil | The Big Spill: What the US oil disaster means for the future of energy |
| May 24 | US: Elizabeth Warren, Mary Schapiro, and Sheila Bair Europe: Nick Clegg and David Cameron | US: The New Sheriffs of Wall Street Europe: Britain's Fresh Faces Asia: Multicolour writing which reads "The Best of Asia" |
| May 31 | A photo montage of thousands of individual profile pictures, with "Facebook" across the middle | Facebook... and how it's redefining privacy |
| June 7 | Pope Benedict XVI | Why Being Pope Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry |
| June 14 | Cartoon South African footballer kicking a ball | The Global Game |
| June 21 | An oil covered bird | How to Clean Up The Mess |
| June 28 | US: A crumpled car license plate with the inscription "BNKRPT More Taxes, Fewer Services" Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Small sick child wrapped up in bed | US: The Broken States of America Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: The Fight Against Malaria |
| July 5 | US: Thomas Edison Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Refugees looking through bars | US: How one powerful idea changed America Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Seeking refuge |
| July 12 | US: Capital dome over a pile of cash. Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific:European hot air balloon is on floor while American and Chinese ones float overhead | US: The Best Laws Money Can Buy Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific:Why Europe Can't Get Off the Ground |
| July 19 | Bryan Moore | The Only Child Myth |
| July 26 | US: Jagged red and black arrows Europe, Middle East, Africa/South Pacific: David Cameron Asia: Burmese soldier walking | US: The Economy Is Back [black up arrow]. The Economy Stinks [red down arrow]. Europe, Middle East, Africa/South Pacific: The Pragmatic Partner: Britain's David Cameron gets ready to visit the US – without stars in his eyes Asia: Burma's Long March |
| August 2 | US: Illustration of child throwing a stone into a pond Europe, Middle East, Africa/South Pacific: Landscape of cornfield with hill in the background Asia: Man pushing a large red circle (of the Japanese flag) up a steep icy mountain | US: The Case Against Summer Vacation Europe, Middle East, Africa/South Pacific: France's Rural Revolution Asia: Japan's Tough Climb |
| August 9 | Bibi Aisha | What Happens if We Leave Afghanistan |
| August 16 | A grey dog, with a thought bubble saying "Way to go, Einstein" | What Animals Think: New science reveals they're smarter than we realized |
| August 23 | Jonathan Franzen | Great American Novelist |
| August 30 | A crescent and star coloured with the American stars and stripes | Is America Islamophobic? |
| September 6 | US: An ordinary bungalow in a residential area Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Five tomatoes attached on a vine | US: Rethinking Homeownership: Why owning a home no longer makes economic sense Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: The Real Cost of Organic Food |
| September 13 | Europe, Middle East, Africa/South Pacific: Tony Blair US/Asia: A Star of David made out of daisies. | Europe, Middle East, Africa/South Pacific: Blair on America Why Israel Doesn't Care About Peace |
| September 20 | US: Yellow school bus with pupils waving out the windows Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Woman cooks on outdoor fire by building | US: What Makes a School Great Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Pakistan's Despair: After the Great Flood, a nation and its people pray for a new beginning |
| September 27 | A tea cup with an elephant's trunk hanging out | It's Tea Party Time |
| October 4 | A figure of a pregnant female floating | How the first nine months shape the rest of your life |
| October 11 | A member of the Ohio Defense Force, a private militia | Locked & Loaded: The Secret World of Extreme Militias |
| October 18 | Asia/South Pacific: Wen Jiabao US/Europe, Middle East, Africa: A motorhome drives along a road with a large cloud overhead | Asia/South Pacific: Wen's World US/Europe, Middle East, Africa: An American Journey |
| November 25 | A woman's face, half of it faded out to whiteness | Alzheimer's: At last some progress against the most stubborn disease |
| November 1 | A yellow "perfect" house is viewed through a picket fence from the ground | How to Restore the American Dream |
| November 8 | US/Europe, Middle East, Africa/South Pacific: Meg Whitman, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, and Christine O'Donnell Asia: Burmese teenagers stand in a line, laughing | US/Europe, Middle East, Africa/South Pacific: Party Crashers Asia: Young Burma |
| November 15 | John Boehner | Mr. Speaker: How John Boehner will rule the House |
| November 22 | US: A joint, positioned vertically up the page Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Man wears hard-hat with many gadgets attached to it | US: The United States of Amerijuana US: The 50 Best Inventions of 2010 |
| November 29 | Europe, Middle East, Africa/South Pacific/Asia: Aung San Suu Kyi US: A bride and groom hold hands, viewed from the back | Europe, Middle East, Africa/South Pacific/Asia: The Lady Returns US: Who Needs Marriage? |
| December 6 | Disorganized section boxes with writing in (all red) | What Really Happened 2000–2010 |
| December 13 | Julian Assange | Do you want to know a secret? |
| December 20 | US: Sarah Palin Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: An Indonesian collects ash-covered corn | US: Palin in Progress Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: The Best of 2010 |
| December 27 | Mark Zuckerberg (Person of the Year) | Person of the Year |

## 2011

| Date | Persons or topics | Caption |
| January 10 | Aung San Suu Kyi | The Fighter |
| January 17 | US: A man stands in shallow water with a telescope Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: A Marine carries a wounded Afghan child | US: Where the jobs are Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: The Fragile Progress in Afghanistan |
| January 24 | Jared Lee Loughner | Guns. Speech. Madness. |
| January 31 | US/Asia/South Pacific: Small child plays violin next to a tall mother Europe, Middle East, Africa: Dark track through a forest | US/Asia/South Pacific: The Truth About Tiger Moms Europe, Middle East, Africa: Not Out of The Woods |
| February 7 | Barack Obama & Ronald Reagan | Why Obama ♥ Reagan |
| February 14 | Egyptian Revolutionaries | Revolution. And what it means for the Middle East. |
| February 21 | Back of a head with wire coming out the neck | 2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal |
| February 28 | A group of young activists in Cairo | The Generation Changing the World |
| March 7 | US: A human's back, hunched in pain Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Muammar Gaddafi | US: Understanding Pain Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Last Stand |
| March 14 | A hand points downward, with the finger reading "We're #1" | Yes, America Is in Decline |
| March 21 | US: A head silhouette composed by coloured strips with writing on: the words are things that would describe an individual Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: A human's back, hunched in pain | US: [Shopping tag] Your Data For Sale: Everything about you is being tracked – get over it Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Understanding Pain |
| March 28 | A woman sobs after the Koji Haga Japan earthquake | Japan's Meltdown |
| April 4 | Muammar Gaddafi | What If He Doesn't Go?: The War Against Gaddafi |
| April 11 | Nugget of shale | This Rock Could Power the World |
| April 18 | US: Abraham Lincoln Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: An Eye of Horus with a victory fist inside | US: Why We're Still Fighting The Civil War Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Egypt's Unfinished Revolution |
| April 25 | US: An image of demons Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Older man riding a bicycle | US: What if there's no Hell? Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Forever Young: More people are behaving as if they'll never grow old. Is that such a good idea? |
| May 2 | Images of the People on the Time 100 2011 | The Time 100 |
| May 9 | Robert Mueller | The Terrorist Hunter |
| May 16 | Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge | The Royal Wedding [Special Commemorative Issue] |
| May 20 | US: Osama bin Laden with a red cross over his face | US: The End of Bin Laden |
| May 23 | Rubik's cube with American and Pakistani flags instead of the regular multicolouring | Why The US Is Stuck With Pakistan |
| May 30 | Small piglet at the bottom right corner, the rest of the page is devoted to the caption | Sex. Lies. Arrogance. What Makes Powerful Men Act Like Pigs |
| June 6 | A brain drawing with areas of optimism and pessimism | The Science of Optimism |
| June 13 | US: Mehmet Oz and a patient Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: A rhinoceros | US: Health Special Report Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Rhinos at Risk |
| June 20 | A one dollar bill sliced into five progressively smaller pieces | What Recovery: Five Myths About the Economy |
| June 27 | US: Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman, Jr., Tim Pawlenty, Newt Gingrich, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Sarah Palin, & Herman Cain Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Mehmet Oz and a patient | US: Baracketology Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Taking Cancer Seriously |
| July 4 | United States Constitution with the lower half shredded | Does the US Constitution Still Matter |
| July 11 | Two crosses in the ground marking deaths | Mexico's tragedy |
| July 18 | A fish lying on blue | The future of fish: Can farming save the last wild food? |
| July 25 | Rupert Murdoch | SCANDAL! |
| August 8 | US: A woman cleans up while a man stands behind a wall with a baby Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: A man leads two camels through the desert | US: Chore wars Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Travels through Islam |
| August 15 | George Washington from a United States one-dollar bill with a black eye | The Great American Downgrade |
| August 22 | Tracksuited figure walks in front of burning background. The image is tinted red. | The Decline And Fall of Europe (And maybe the West) |
| August 29 | Ex-servicepeople | The new greatest generation |
| September 5 | Muammar Gaddafi | The World After Gaddafi |
| September 12 | A circle of food items | What to Eat Now |
| September 19 | Tribute in Light viewed from space | Beyond 9/11 |
| September 25 | Rick Perry | The Rise of Rick Perry |
| October 3 | US: Three children sit at a table; one has a large slice of cake, the others have small slices Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: A 5 euro note split in half and taped together with black, red and yellow tape (the German flag) | US: Why Mom Liked You Best: The Science of Favoritism Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Why Germany Can't Save the World |
| October 10 | US: Pile of banknotes slashed in half leaving it low on the right hand side Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific : Dalai Lama's robes, spectacles and shadow with no person inside | US: What We Spend [Special Money Issue] Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Tibet's Next Incarnation |
| October 17 | Steve Jobs (young) | Steve Jobs 1955 – 2011 |
| October 24 | US: A lone loudspeaker sits in blackness Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: A valley | US: The Return of The Silent Majority Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Why the US will never save Afghanistan |
| October 31 | US: Chinese child blows bubble gum which is red with stars (the Chinese flag) Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Tintin looks into a mirror to see himself reflected as he is in the animated film The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn | US: The China Bubble Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Inside Tintin |
| November 7 | Hillary Clinton | Hillary Clinton & The Rise of Smart Power |
| November 14 | US: Two broken pencils and two unbroken pencils alternately Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Three children sit at a table; one has a large slice of cake, the others have small slices | US: Can You Still Move Up in America? Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Why Mom Liked You Best: The Science of Favoritism |
| November 21 | US: United States Army soldiers Europe, Middle East, Africa/South Pacific: Silvio Berlusconi Asia: A green elephant (India) fights a red dragon (China) | US: An Army Apart Europe, Middle East, Africa/South Pacific: The Man Behind The World's Most Dangerous Economy Asia: India vs. China: Which Economy Will Rule The World? |
| November 28 | US: A mechanical hummingbird Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | US: The Invention Issue Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Erdogan's Way |
| December 5 | US: String of wool held by cartoon figure Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Activist wearing a gas mask walks away from a fire in the street | US: Why Anxiety is Good For You Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Revolution Redux |
| December 12 | US: Mitt Romney Europe, Middle East, Africa: Vladimir Putin Asia/South Pacific: Aung San Suu Kyi | US: Why Don't They Like Me? Europe, Middle East, Africa: The Putin Problem Asia/South Pacific: Brave New Burma |
| December 19 | US: Hundreds of cars line up with caption over them Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Sergio Marchionn sits inside a Fiat 500 | US: How America Started Selling Cars Again Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Car Star |
| December 26 | The Protester (representing all activists) | Person of the Year |

## 2012

| Date | Persons or topics | Caption |
| January 9 | Background of every headline from the previous year in multicolours, while the large numbers 20 and 12 hold the caption in the bottom of the first "2" | User's Guide: Essential Info For The Year Ahead |
| January 16 | US: Mitt Romney Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Dead person lies on tarmac | US: So You Like Me Now?: How Mitt Romney pulled ahead of the pack Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Pakistan's Dark Heart |
| January 23 | Warren Buffett | The Optimist: why Warren Buffett is bullish on America |
| January 30 | Barack Obama | Obama's World: An exclusive interview. |
| February 6 | US: Small boy stands in corner of large room with a megaphone Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Lionel Messi | US: The Power Of (shyness) Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: King Leo |
| February 13 | Preet Bharara | This Man Is Busting Wall St. |
| February 20 | US: Large dog sits with a small one Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Mario Monti | US: The Surprising Science of Animal Friendships Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Can This Man Save Europe? |
| February 27 | US, Europe, Middle East, Africa/South Pacific: Kim Jong-un Asia: Jeremy Lin | US, Europe, Middle East, Africa/South Pacific: Lil' Kim Asia: Linsanity! |
| March 7 | US: Images of Latin people Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Vladimir Putin stands small at the bottom of the page Europe, Middle East, Africa (alternate): Youssou N'Dour | US: Yo Decido. Why Latinos will pick the next president. Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Russia's Incredible Shrinking Prime Minister Europe, Middle East, Africa (alternate): Voice of Protest |
| March 12 | Lightbulb | Who will save Syria?/10 ideas that are changing your life |
| March 19 | Battered Syrian street | Escape From Syria |
| March 26 | US: Woman symbol made of folded up money Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: René Redzepi Europe, Middle East, Africa (alternate): Joseph Kony Asia (alternate): Narendra Modi | US: The Richer $ex Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Locavore Hero Europe, Middle East, Africa (alternate): Hunting Joseph #Kony Asia (alternate): Modi Means Business: But Can He Lead India? |
| April 2 | Weak man flexes muscles Europe, Middle East, Africa (alternate): Nicolas Sarkozy | The Wimpy recovery Europe, Middle East, Africa (alternate): Adieu? Nicolas Sarkozy faces the prospect of being a one-term president |
| April 9 | An oil drop | The Truth About Oil |
| April 16 | Man sits on stool surrounced by cloud, looking through binoculars | Rethinking Heaven |
| April 23 | US/Asia/South Pacific: George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton Europe, Middle East, Africa: Juan Manuel Santos | US/Asia/South Pacific: The World's Most Expensive Club Europe, Middle East, Africa: The Colombian Comeback |
| April 30 | 100 | The 100 Most Influential People in the World |
| May 7 | US/Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia: Headline with helicopters Asia (alternate)/South Pacific: Bo Xilai | US/Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia: The Last Days of Osama bin Laden Asia (alternate)/South Pacific: Red Alert |
| May 14 | Bo Xilai (coloured red) | The People's Republic of Scandal |
| May 21 | US: Child stands on chair to suckle his mother's breast Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia: Francois Hollande Asia (alternate)/South Pacific: Sachin Tendulkar | US: Are you mum enough? Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia: Bonjour, Anglela Asia (alternate)/South Pacific: The God of Cricket |
| May 24 | US: Lee Corso |
| May 28 | Benjamin Netanyahu | King Bibi |
| June 4 | US: Lenore & Mitt Romney Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Elizabeth II | US: Raising Romney Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: The Diamond Queen |
| June 11 | US: All red, with white headline in the center Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Wayne Rooney after England left the 2010 World Cup Asia (alternate): Hamid Karzai | US: How To Die: What I Learned From The Last Days Of My Mom and Dad Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: The Tragedy Of English Football Asia (alternate): Karzai Alone |
| June 18 | US: Anthony Kennedy Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Red with Chinese fire-breathing dragon | US: The Decider Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: The Next Leap Forward |
| June 25 | Immigrants gather | We are Americans – Just not legally |
| July 2 | US: Garden scenes Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: iPhone layering with factory inside | US: The History of the American Dream: Is it still real? Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Made in China |
| July 9 | Masked activist (red) Asia (alternate): Leung Chun-ying | The Revolution That Wasn't Asia (alternate): Can Hong Kong Trust This Man? |
| July 16 | US: John Roberts Europe, Middle East, Africa/South Pacific: Angela Merkel Asia: Manmohan Singh | US: Roberts Rules Europe, Middle East, Africa/South Pacific: Why Everybody Loves To Hate Angela Merkel: And why everybody is wrong. Asia: The Underachiever |
| July 23 | US: A lone soldier stands to play a bugle salute Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Foggy black and white photograph of the Palace of Westminster | US: One A Day Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Barclays is Just The Beginning |
| July 30 | Many Olympic sportspeople from London 2012, variating by region | Summer Olympics Special |
| August 6 | Red gun schematic | How Guns Won |
| August 13 | US: The White House with a 'for sale' sign outside reading $2.5 billion Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Darkened figure | US: How to Buy The White House Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: The Battle For Jerusalem |
| August 20 | Curiosity rover | Mars: What we can learn from a robot 154 million miles away Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Mars: what we can learn from a robot 248 km away |
| August 27 | Many pictures | The Wireless Issue |
| September 3 | Mitt Romney | The Mind of Mitt |
| September 10 | US/Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Barack Obama Asia (alternative): Aamir Khan | US/Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: What Obama Knows Now Asia (alternative): Khan's Quest |
| September 17 | US: Headline in the style of an American banknote Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: A man stands on a tank | US: One Nation Subsidized: How Big Government underwrites your life Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: The End of Al-Qaeda? |
| September 24 | US/Europe, Middle East, Africa/South Pacific: Protesting Arabs Asia: Red paper wall on bottom of page against black background Europe, Middle East, Africa (alternative): Paul Kagame | US/Europe, Middle East, Africa/South Pacific: The Agents of Outrage Asia: The New Great Wall Europe, Middle East, Africa (alternative): The Strong Man |
| October 1 | Bill Clinton | 5 Ideas That Are Changing The World |
| October 8 | Mitt Romney image in a stained glass window | The Mormon Identity |
| October 15 | US/Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Mitt Romney and Barack Obama Europe, Middle East, Africa: Enda Kenny Europe, Middle East, Africa (alternative): Mahmoud Abbas | US/Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Who is tiling the truth? The Fact Wars Europe, Middle East, Africa: The Celtic Comeback Europe, Middle East, Africa (alternative): Abbas Undaunted |
| October 22 | Xi Jinping | The Next Leader of the Unfree World |
| October 29 | US: Fancy blackboard Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Light bulb in Indian colours | US: Reinventing College Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Reinventing India |
| November 5 | US: Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Daniel Day-Lewis | US: What Would Lincoln Do? Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: The World's Greatest Actor |
| November 12 | Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Mario Balotelli US: Red/blue circles saying "Vote Romney" or "Vote Obama US: Wave on a stormy sea | Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: The Meaning of Mario US: Special Report: The Choice US: Lessons from the Storm |
| November 19 | Barack Obama | 'We've Got More Work to Do' |
| November 26 | US: David Petraeus Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Red microphone | US: The Petraeus Affair Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Bad News at the BBC |
| December 3 | US/Asia/South Pacific: Different food groups arranged into eight squares around the caption Europe, Middle East, Africa: A tree behind which is a large sun | US/Asia/South Pacific: What To Eat NowEurope, Middle East, Africa: Africa Rising |
| December 10 | Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Mohamed Morsi Europe, Middle East, Africa (alternative): Enrique Peña Nieto | Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: The Most Important Man in the Middle East Europe, Middle East, Africa (alternative): Old Party, New Stuart |
| December 17 | US: Roger Goodell Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Imran Khan Asia (alternative): Red circle to the right of the page Asia (alternative): Park Geun-hye | US: The Enforcer Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: The Long Shot Asia (alternative): Japan Moves Right Asia (alternative): The Strongman's Daughter |
| December 24 | A baby with many labels of illnesses, such as cancer, dementia and obesity | Want To Know My Future? |
| December 31 | Barack Obama | Person of the Year 2012 |

## 2013

| Date | Persons or topics | Caption |
| January 14 | US: Operation bed Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Image of the polio virus | US: 40 years ago, abortion-rights activists won an epic victory with Roe V. Wade: They've Been Losing Ever Since Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Killing Polio |
| January 21 | US: Chris Christie Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Thein Sein | US: The Boss. Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Burma Unbound |
| January 28 | US: Michael Bloomberg, Joe Biden and Gabby Giffords Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Mario Draghi | US: The Gunfighters Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Euro Vision |
| February 4 | Kathryn Bigelow | Art of Darkness |
| February 11 | drone flying over a house | Rise of the Drones |
| February 18 | Marco Rubio | Marco Rubio & The Next America |
| February 25 | Pope Benedict XVI | The Once And Future Pope |
| March 4 | US: Tablet with "Bitter pill" inscribed on it Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Indian man holds cloth over mouth and nose Europe, Middle East, Africa (alternate): Neymar | US: Why Medical Bills Are Killing US Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Contagion Europe, Middle East, Africa (alternate): The Next Pelé |
| March 11 | Oscar Pistorius | Man Superman Gunman |
| March 18 | US/Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Sheryl Sandberg Europe, Middle East, Africa (alternate): Hugo Chávez | US/Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Don't Hate Her Because She's Successful Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: After Chávez |
| March 25 | Pope Francis | New World Pope |
| April 1 | Cancerous microbe | How to Cure Cancer |
| April 8 | US: Gay couples kissing Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Christine Lagarde | US: Gay Marriage Already Won Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Can This Woman Save Europe? |
| April 15 | Pastor Wilfredo de Jesus | The Latino Reformation |
| April 22 | Headline showing robots welding it | Made in the USA |
| April 29 | Jennifer Lawrence/Malala Yousafzai/Li Na/Elon Musk/Aamir Khan/Jay-Z/Rand Paul | The 100 Most Influential People in the World |
| May 13 | US/Europe, Middle East, Africa/South Pacific: The Statue of Liberty holding security cameras Asia: Uniqlo roll-up vest | US/Europe, Middle East, Africa/South Pacific: Homeland Insecurity Asia: Can This Vest Save Japan? |
| May 20 | A woman taking picture of herself with an iPhone | The Me Me Me Generation |
| May 27 | Angelina Jolie | The Angelina Effect |
| June 3 | US/Asia/South Pacific: A stormy tornado sky Europe, Middle East, Africa: David Cameron | US: 16 minutes. that's how much time you have to save your life. The story of the Oklahoma tornado. Asia/South Pacific: 16 minutes. That's how much time Oklahomans had to save their lives from a killer tornado. Europe, Middle East, Africa: The Good European |
| June 10 | US: Rahm Emanuel Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Barbed wire jail, tinged red | US: Chicago Bull Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Why Gitmo Will Never Close |
| June 17 | Chinese paper cutting artwork featuring China at the middle of the earth by Ai Wei Wei | The World According to China |
| June 24 | Aaron Swartz, Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning | The Informers |
| July 1 | US: Decorators painting the background blue Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Ashin Wirathu | US: How service can save us Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: The Face of Buddhist Terror |
| July 8 | Female head silhouette filled with cartoons | The Pursuit of Happiness |
| July 22 | Street protesters, right half red | Egypt: World's Best Protestors – World's Worst Democrats: The Street Rules |
| July 29 | US: An X-ray image of a hoodie Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Pope Francis | US:After Trayvon Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: The People's Pope |
| August 5 | A city skyline showing skyscrapers | US: Is your city next? : Lessons from Detroit's fight to survive Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: America's Broken Cities: Lessons from Detroit's fight to survive |
| August 12 | US: A young couple relaxing on the beach Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: A golden euro sign being tugged on by ribbons in the colours of the German flag | US: The childfree life Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Why Germany must save the Euro to save itself |
| August 19 | US/Europe, Middle East, Africa: A lone bee on a black background Asia/South Pacific: A selection of Australian people | US/Europe, Middle East, Africa: A world without bees Asia/South Pacific: We are Australia: The true face of the lucky country |
| August 26 | Martin Luther King Jr. | Founding Father |
| September 9 | Barack Obama (small) | The Unhappy Warrior |
| September 16 | US: Johnny Manziel from below Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Vladimir Putin | US: It's time to pay college athletes Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: The World According to Vladimir Putin |
| September 23 | US/Asia/South Pacific: Charging Bull wearing a party hat and surrounded by confetti Europe, Middle East, Africa: Angela Merkel | US/Asia/South Pacific: How Wall Street Won: Five Years After the Crash, It Could All Happen Again Europe, Middle East, Africa: The Angela Enigma |
| September 30 | Mainly the headline and caption, with the word "Google" stylized as the Google logo | Can Google Solve Death? |
| October 7 | US:Young children in academic dress Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Japanese military aircraft | US:Class of 2025: How they'll learn and what they'll pay Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Japan Rising |
| October 14 | US: monochrome United States Capitol in cloudy sky Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Hassan Rouhani | US: crossed-out "Majority Rule" Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: What's the deal? |
| October 21 | US: Michael Bloomberg Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: The back of Barack Obama's head | US: Bloomberg Unbound Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Asia's Obama Problem |
| October 28 | US: Texas outline cartoon composed of the 49 other states Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Benedict Cumberbatch | US: United States of Texas Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Playing Genius |
| November 4 | Charles, Prince of Wales | The Forgotten Prince |
| November 11 | Laptop trapped in large spiders' web | The Secret Web: Where Drugs, Porn and Murder Hide Online |
| November 18 | US: Chris Christie Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: David Chang, René Redzepi, Alex Atala | US: The Elephant in the Room Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: The Gods of Food |
| November 25 | US: John F. Kennedy shortly before his assassination Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: A woman stands among the wreckage caused by Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, Philippines. | US: The Moment That Changed America Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: The Typhoon's Toll |
| December 2 | US: A broken tablet with Obamacare written on it Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Illustration of a large pair of hands holding a Chinese baby | US: Broken Promise: What This Means For This Presidency Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: China's One Child Crisis |
| December 9 | US: A deer standing in a field Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Barack Obama | US: America's pest problem Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Obama's Iran Gamble |
| December 16 | US: Carl Icahn Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi | US: Master of the Universe Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Al-Qaeda's Dark Star Rises |
| December 19 | Nelson Mandela | Protester, Prisoner, Peacemaker |
| December 23 | Pope Francis | Person of the Year 2013 |
| December 30 | A shark jumping to eat a seal | The year in pictures |

## 2014

| Date | Persons or topics | Caption |
| January 13 | US: Seth Meyers Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: 2014 | US: 2014: The Year Ahead Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: A User's Guide |
| January 20 | Janet Yellen | The Sixteen Trillion Dollar Woman: The U.S. economy is now in her hands, what will Janet Yellen do with it? |
| January 27 | Woman's leg in high heel shoe, Obama hanging on to the heel | Can anyone stop Hillary?: How to scare off your rivals without actually running (yet) |
| February 3 | Woman smelling breeze | The Mindful Revolution: The science of finding focus in a stressed-out, multitasking culture |
| February 10 | US: Cartoon of an Olympic skier with Olympic rings made of barbed wire Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Yulia Lipnitskaya | Olympic Preview Fears & Cheers: Inside Sochi's Ring of Steel |
| February 17 | "Hyperspace" with yellow writing Europe, Middle East, Africa (alternate): Francois Hollande | The Infinity Machine Europe, Middle East, Africa (alternate): Francois Hollande's greatest challenge is not his personal life-it's his reform plan. Can he fix France? |
| February 24 | US: A university graduate with "just hired" written on his mortarboard Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Enrique Peña Nieto | US: The diploma that works: Inside the six-year high school Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Saving Mexico: How Enrique Peña Nieto's sweeping reforms have changed the narrative in his narco-stained nation |
| March 3 | The American Airlines Integrated Operations Control Center in Fort Worth during the February 13 East Coast blizzard | US: Airport Confidential: Who Really Decides Which Flights Get Canceled Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Airport Confidential: A View From The Other Side of a Travel Nightmare |
| March 10 | US: A group of Healthcare.gov developers Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, battered during Euromaidan | US: Code Red_ Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: This isn't over |
| March 17 | US: View from the top of One World Trade Center Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Vladimir Putin's right half face and people rallying during Euromaidan | US: The Top of America: The Inside Story of Building One World Trade Center Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Putin's Gamble: Russia's leader seems to hold all the cards in Crimea. But he hasn't won yet |
| March 24 | Key & Peele | The Ideas Issue |
| March 31 | US: Landmasses fashioned as fighting men Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Black lines which resembles the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 | US: This Land is My Land: Russia, Crimea, and a Return to the Old World Order Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: The Mystery of Flight 370 |
| April 7 | US: Jon Hamm and Christina Hendricks Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: People supporting their candidates in the upcoming 2014 Indian general election and a flag of India | US: The Last Days of Mad Men Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: What India Wants: 814 million voters expect more from their leaders |
| April 14 | Afghan women awaiting voter registration | Return of the Taliban: These women want to vote. The Taliban wants to stop them. What America leaves behind in Afghanistan |
| April 21 | US: Synthetic marijuana Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: A Jewish man praying | US: It's Sold openly in stores, popular with kids and unpredictably dangerous. The Rise of Fake Pot Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Christians and Tyrants: Why the Middle East's persecuted minority is making unholy choices |
| April 28 | US: A forest nightscape punctuated by the Moon Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Shinzo Abe | US: Finding God in the Dark Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: The Patriot: Shinzo Abe dreams of a more powerful, assertive Japan. Why that makes many people uncomfortable? |
| May 5/May 12 | Beyoncé | The 100 Most Influential People |
| May 19 | Vladimir Putin | Premier. President. Czar. What Putin Wants. |
| May 26 | US: A college pennant with "rape" written on it Europe, Middle East, Africa: Marine Le Pen Asia/South Pacific: Li Na | US: The Crisis in Higher Education Europe, Middle East, Africa: Plan of Attack: Can Marine Le Pen destroy the European Union from the inside? Asia/South Pacific: The Passion of Li Na: Why her greatest victory might have been against China's sport machine |
| June 2 | US: Emalyn Aubrey Randolph Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Narendra Modi | US: Emalyn was due in June. She arrived in March. Saving Preemies Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: 1.2 billion people await his next move: The outsized hopes-and fears-that accompany Narendra Modi, India's New Leader |
| June 9 | US: Laverne Cox. The first "out" transgender person on the cover of Time Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: A boy salvages what remains in his home in the Old City area of Homs, Syria | US: The Transgender Tipping Point: America's next civil rights frontier Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: The Unwinnable War: Why Syrians on both sides of the brutal civil war want a return to normal |
| June 16 | Bowe Bergdahl | Was He Worth It?: The Cost of Bringing Sgt. Bergdahl Home. |
| June 23 | Slice of butter | Eat Butter: Scientists labeled fat the enemy. Why they were wrong. |
| June 30 | Map of the Middle East with Iraq burned out of the center | The End of Iraq |
| July 7/July 14 | Model of a modern home | The Smarter Home: The dwellings of the future will make you calmer, safer, richer, and healthier – and they already exist. |
| July 21 | Photo of hacker Aaron Portnoy from Exodus Intelligence along with illustration of lines of binary code | World War Zero: The global battle to steal your secrets is turning hackers into arms dealers |
| July 28 | Bugs eat away at the white cover | Space Invaders: From Russian beetles to giant African snails, the U.S. is under assault – and it's costing us billions. |
| August 4 | Vladimir Putin in the shadow of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 | Cold War II: The West is losing Putin's dangerous game |
| August 18 | Middle aged man in shorts and socks | Manopause?!: Aging, insecurity, and the $2 billion testosterone industry |
| August 25 | Robin Williams | Robin Williams: 1951–2014 |
| September 1 | US: Woman kneels in a street with her hands in the air amid tear gas Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Inside the tunnel with lights | US: The Tragedy of Ferguson Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Fallout: How the Fukushima catastrophe has revealed the cracks in Japanese society |
| September 8/September 15 | US/Asia: Numerous questions housed in colored bubbles Europe, Middle East, Africa/South Pacific: A blue background with flag of Scotland | US/Asia: The Answers Issue: Everything You Never Knew You Needed to Know Europe, Middle East, Africa/South Pacific: EXIT: Why Scotland might quit the United Kingdom |
| September 22 | Numerous Apple-style apps superimposed on a male arm | Never Offline.: The Apple Watch is just the start. How wearable tech will change your life – like it or not |
| September 29 | US: Chad Stover Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: U2 | US: He died playing this game. Is football worth it? Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: The new U2: the veteran rock band faces the future |
| October 6 | Mary Barra | The Mechanic: Recalling 30 million cars is only the beginning. CEO Mary Barra's plan to fix General Motors |
| October 13 | US/Europe, Middle East, Africa: Man standing in hazmat protective gear Asia/South Pacific: Man holding 2 umbrellas during a tear gas fight | US/Europe, Middle East, Africa: Chasing Ebola Asia/South Pacific: The Umbrella Revolution: Hong Kong's fight for freedom is a challenge to China |
| October 20 | US/Europe, Middle East, Africa/South Pacific: A number of foods against a white background Asia: Joshua Wong | US/Europe, Middle East, Africa/South Pacific: How to Eat Now: The Truth About Home Cooking Asia: The Face of Protest: Teenager Joshua Wong and the youth of Hong Kong are standing up for democracy. Can they win? |
| October 27 | US/Europe, Middle East, Africa: Rand Paul Asia/South Pacific: Joko Widodo | US/Europe, Middle East, Africa: The Most Interesting Man in Politics: The Reinventions of Rand Paul Asia/South Pacific: A New Hope: Indonesian President Joko Widodo is a force of democracy |
| November 3 | US: A judge's gavel coming down on an apple Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: A hand glove against a white background | US: Rotten Apples: It's nearly impossible to fire a bad teacher. Some tech millionaires may have found a way to change that Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Stopping Ebola: The Risks and Realities of the Outbreak |
| November 10 | Anne Hathaway, Matthew McConaughey, Christopher Nolan, and Jessica Chastain | Beyond the Stars: Director Christopher Nolan enlists science to explore the soul in Interstellar |
| November 17 | US: Illustration of Mitch McConnell imitating the Barack Obama Hope poster Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Xi Jinping | US: Change Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: China's Leader Looms Large at Home and Abroad |
| November 24 | Taylor Swift | The Power of Taylor Swift |
| December 1/December 7 | Benedict Cumberbatch | The Genius Issue |
| December 15 | Mark Zuckerberg | Half the World is Not Enough: Mark Zuckerberg's plan to get every human online |
| December 22/December 29 | Ebola fighters | Person of the Year 2014 |
| December 29/January 5, 2015 | US: Scott Kelly Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Malecón, Havana | US: 2015: The Year Ahead Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Cuba: What the U.S. Decision Means for its Future |

## 2015

| Date | Persons or topics | Caption |
| January 19 | US: Surgical tray Europe, Middle East: Bullet hole in glass Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Kei Nishikori | US: What I Learned From My $190,000 Open-Heart Surgery: The surprising solution for fixing our health care system Europe, Middle East: Terror in France: Why Officials Feared an Attack was Coming Africa/Asia/South Pacific: The Way of Kei: Japanese Tennis Star Kei Nishikori Takes on the World |
| January 26 | A flame moves down a row of matches | After Paris: Lessons from the Attacks |
| February 2 | A gas can pours gas within the red borders | Cheap Gas: How long can it last? How low will it go? |
| February 9 | One line of people walks away from a car, while another walks towards it | Strangers Crashed My Car, Ate My Food, and Wore My Pants: Tales from the Sharing Economy |
| February 16 | Howard Schultz | What Starbucks Knows About America |
| February 23/March 2 | Baby | This Baby Could Live to Be 142 Years Old: Dispatches From the Frontiers of Longevity |
| March 9 | Black ISIS mask on a red background | The ISIS Trap |
| March 16 | George H. W. Bush, Jeb Bush, and George W. Bush, 1970 | The Bush Identity: Where Jeb Fits in the Family Business |
| March 23 | Silhouette of Hillary Clinton | The Clinton Way: They write their own rules. Will it work this time? |
| March 30 | MaryAnn Anselmo and Marcia Stiefel, women with brain tumors | Closing the Cancer Gap |
| April 6 | Street scene in Cuba | Cuba: What Will Change When the Americans Arrive |
| April 13 | LGBT flag with a cross cut out | Freedom Fight |
| April 20 | Video stills from Shooting of Walter Scott | Black Lives Matter. This time the charge is murder. |
| April 27/May 4 | Bradley Cooper, Misty Copeland, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Jorge Ramos, Kanye West | The 100 Most Influential People |
| May 11 | Man running from line of police during 2015 Baltimore riots | America, 1968 2015. What has changed. What hasn't. |
| May 18 | Narendra Modi | Why Modi Matters: The world needs India to step up as a global power. One year in, can Narendra Modi deliver? |
| May 25 | Mouse smoking marijuana | The Highly Divisive, Curiously Underfunded, and Strangely Promising World of Pot Science |
| June 1 | Empty beach | Who Killed Summer Vacation? |
| June 8 | Empty electric chair | The Last Execution: Why the era of capital punishment is ending |
| June 15 | Painkiller on a hook | They're the most powerful painkillers even invented. And they're creating the worst addiction crisis America has ever seen. |
| June 22 | XQ test sheet laying on top of a man | How High Is Your XQ? Your next job might depend on it. |
| June 29 | Gloved hands approaching a woman's face with surgical tools | Nip. Tuck. Or Else. Now everybody gets work done. Will you? |
| July 6/July 13 | Graphic of different questions in colored boxes | The Answers Issue |
| July 20 | Elizabeth Warren | Who's Afraid of Elizabeth Warren? |
| July 27 | Atom symbol with Barack Obama, Hassan Rouhani, a nuclear launch, and one of the 1979–1981 Iranian hostages in the orbitals | Iran: Tehran's New Power/Why It's a Good Deal |
| August 3 | George W. Bush and Bill Clinton | Game of Thrones: Time talks 2016 with the most surprising couple in politics |
| August 17 | Palmer Luckey wearing an Oculus Rift, superimposed over a photo of a tropical beach | The Surprising Joy of Virtual Reality |
| August 24 | Philadelphia Police Department officers Sean Devlin and Mischel Matos on patrol | What It's Like to Be a Cop in America: One Year After Ferguson |
| August 31 | Donald Trump | Deal With It |
| September 7/September 14 | Stephen Colbert | Colbert...As You've Never Seen Him |
| September 21 | Question marks pop out of a red background | The Question Everything Issue |
| September 28 | Bernie Sanders | Bernie |
| October 5 | Pope Francis | Pope Francis Meets America |
| October 12 | Woman performing a breast self-examination | "What if I decide to just do nothing?" – breast cancer's new frontier |
| October 19 | Refugees cross from Serbia into Croatia | Special Report: Exodus – The Epic Migration to Europe & What Lies Ahead |
| October 26 | Smoke after jets strike the town of Daret Ezza | Russia just wants to be friends |
| November 2 | Illustration of fusion | Fusion: Unlimited energy. For everyone. Forever. It might actually work this time. |
| November 9 | Bacon arranged in an X | The War on Delicious |
| November 16 | Iranian woman | Iran 2025: How its next decade will change the world |
| November 23 | Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church | What It Takes To Forgive a Killer |
| November 30/December 7 | The Eiffel Tower (replacing the I in TIME) casts a large shadow | World War ISIS |
| December 14 | BB-8/R2-D2 (two covers) | The Genius of Star Wars |
| December 21 | Angela Merkel | Person of the Year 2015 |
| December 28/January 4, 2016 | Adele | The Year Ahead |

## 2016

| Date | Persons or topics | Caption |
| January 18 | Donald Trump speaking at rally | How Trump Won: Now he just needs the votes |
| January 25 | US: David Bowie Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Downward sloping line and arrow with "Made in China" tag | US: David Bowie: 1947–2016 Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: The Next Recession & Where to Hide |
| February 1 | US: Sick child Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Protesters at a rally of the Pegida movement, Dresden, Germany | US: The Poisoning of an American City: Toxic water. Sick kids. And the incompetent leaders who betrayed Flint Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Unwelcome: After the Cologne attacks, will Germany close its doors to refugees? |
| February 8 | Barbie doll | "Now Can We Stop Talking About My Body?": What Barbie's new shape says about American beauty |
| February 15 | Hillary Clinton | "I know what it's like to be knocked down": A conversation with Hillary Clinton |
| February 22/February 29 | Silhouetted woman takes blue pill | The Longevity Issue |
| March 7 | Top-down view of car with empty driver's seat | No traffic. No accidents. No deaths. All you have to do is give up your right to drive. |
| March 14 | Donald Trump with checklist over face | On the plane with Donald Trump |
| March 21 | Nancy and Ronald Reagan at the 1976 Republican National Convention | What Happened to this Party? |
| March 28 | Tim Cook | Apple CEO Tim Cook on his fight with the FBI and why he won't back down |
| April 4 | US: IV drip Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Passengers evacuated after bombing of Maalbeek metro station in Brussels | US: What if your immune system could be taught to kill cancer? Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Under Siege |
| April 11 | US: Blurred images of naked women Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Xi Jinping peeling away to reveal Mao Zedong | US: Porn: Why young men who grew up with Internet porn are becoming advocates for turning it off Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Chairman Xi |
| April 18 | Ted Cruz | Likable Enough? |
| April 25 | Notice in style of bill informing readers they owe $42,998.12 of national debt | Make America Solvent Again |
| May 2/May 9 | Leonardo DiCaprio, Nicki Minaj, Priscilla Chan, Mark Zuckerberg, Christine Lagarde, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Priyanka Chopra | The 100 Most Influential People |
| May 16 | Mosquito | The Zika Virus |
| May 23 | One-dollar bill covered with multiple leaves | Capitalism: The markets are choking our economy. How to save it. |
| May 30 | Six rolls of toilet paper, one for each color of the rainbow | Battle of the Bathroom |
| June 6 | Bernie Sanders speaks at a Santa Monica rally | How Far Will Bernie Go? |
| June 13 | Wedding rings locked together by heart-shaped lock | How To Stay Married (And Why) |
| June 20 | Muhammad Ali | The Greatest – Muhammad Ali: 1942–2016 |
| June 27 | List of Orlando nightclub shooting victims on black background | Why Did They Die? |
| July 4 | US: Scrambled picture of a baby Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Kurdish soldier looking out over Mosul | US: The Gene Machine: What the CRISPR experiments mean for humanity Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Iraq's Forever War: On the front lines of the fight against ISIS |
| July 11/July 18 | US: Patriotic illustration and list of reasons Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Domino with European Union Flag falls | US: 240 Reasons To Celebrate America Right Now Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia/South Pacific: Europe's Crisis of Faith: Why Brexit is just the beginning |
| July 25 | The back of Donald Trump's head in a chair labeled "Mr. President: January 20, 2017" | Gut Check: For Donald Trump, intuition beats experience. What that would mean for the U.S. presidency |
| August 1 | Various images of Hillary Clinton | In Search of Hillary |
| August 9 | Simone Biles | The Games Changer: U.S. gymnast Simone Biles is pushing the limits of her sport. |
| August 22 | Illustration of Donald Trump's face melting | Meltdown |
| August 29 | Troll typing on a laptop | Why we're losing the Internet to the culture of hate |
| September 5 | Family holding hands on a hilltop | Ordinary Families. Extraordinary Kids. A story of nine families. |
| September 12/September 19 | Time-lapse photo of a person jump-roping | The Exercise Cure: The surprising science of a life-changing workout |
| September 26 | Heads and names of Samantha Bee, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Trevor Noah, and John Oliver in the style of political convention state signs | We Joke. You Decide. The seriously partisan politics of late-night comedy. |
| October 3 | Colin Kaepernick kneeling | The Perilous Fight |
| October 10 | Vladimir Putin with an "I Voted" sticker | Russia wants to undermine faith in the U.S. election. Don't fall for it. |
| October 17 | Members of Syrian Civil Defense moving into a wall of smoke | "Whoever saves one life, saves all of humanity." – The White Helmets of Syria and the 60,000 lives they've saved. |
| October 24 | Same illustration of Donald Trump's face from Aug 22 issue, but now melted farther into a puddle | Total Meltdown |
| October 31 | Gretchen Carlson | Gretchen Carlson wants to change the way women fight sexual harassment |
| November 7 | Faith-Ann Bishop, 20 | Anxiety, Depression, and the American Adolescent |
| November 14 | Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton holding a sign that reads "The End is Near" | The End is Near |
| November 21 | Donald Trump and Mike Pence during Trump's victory speech | Donald Trump, President-elect. November 9, 2016. |
| November 28/December 5 | Illustration of camera shutter | The Most Influential Photos of All Time |
| December 12 | Fidel Castro | After Fidel |
| December 19 | Donald Trump | Person of the Year 2016. President of the Divided States of America. |
| December 26/January 2, 2017 | Babies born in Syrian refugee camps | The Year Ahead |

## 2017

| Date | Persons or topics | Caption |
| January 16 | Swiss Army knife with three Botox injectors | How Botox Became the Drug That's Treating Everything |
| January 23 | Helicopter flying towards White House | Incoming: A Survival Guide to the White House from Team Obama to Team Trump |
| January 30 | Donald Trump speaking at his inauguration | Donald Trump: 45th President of the United States |
| February 6 | Pink hat worn at 2017 Women's March | The Resistance Rises: How a march becomes a movement |
| February 13 | Steve Bannon | The Great Manipulator |
| February 20 | Chuck Schumer | Do the Democrats Matter? |
| February 27/March 6 | Donald Trump sitting at his desk amidst a storm | Nothing to See Here |
| March 13 | Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel | What's It Worth to Be Yourself Online? The Genius of Snapchat |
| March 20 | Donald Trump texting next to a falling Washington Monument | Trump's War on Washington |
| March 27 | A transgender person | Beyond He or She: How a new generation is redefining the meaning of gender |
| April 3 | None | Is Truth Dead? |
| April 10 | Various modes of transportation | Dear Washington, We need to rebuild. Can you get your act together? |
| April 17 | ISIS mask | The Uranium Underworld |
| April 24 | Sheryl Sandberg | Let's Talk About Grief: An unlikely new mission for Sheryl Sandberg |
| May 1/May 8 | Riz Ahmed, Jeff Bezos, Viola Davis, Melinda Gates, and John Legend | The 100 Most Influential People |
| May 15 | Ebola virus under a microscope | Warning: We are not ready for the next pandemic |
| May 22 | Donald Trump walking through the White House | The Firing of James Comey/After Hours in the White House |
| May 29 | The White House and Basil Cathedral | No Caption (As the viewer pans from left to right, the White House morphs into Basil Cathedral.) |
| June 5 | The cover, with white background, tries to trim its size with a fabric tape measure. | The Weight Loss Trap. Low Carb, Low Fat, Paleo, Vegan, Flexitarian. Why Your Diet isn't Working. |
| June 12 | White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner | The Good Son; The Trials of Jared Kushner |
| June 19 | Image from the bar at the Trump International Hotel (Washington D.C.) | The Swamp Hotel: How Trump's D.C. outpost became a dealmaker's paradise for diplomats, lobbyists and insiders |
| June 26 | Image of a smartphone screen depicting the Uber app with a number of cars in a multi-car pileup over the Uber headquarters | Uber fail: Upheaval at the world's most valuable startup is a wake-up call for Silicon Valley |
| July 3 | Former FBI director and new special counsel Robert Mueller | The Lie Detector: Someone's not telling the truth |
| July 10 | Kit Harington, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, and a dog | Game of Thrones: Inside the World's Most Popular Show |
| July 24 | Donald Trump Jr. | Red Handed: The Russia Scandal Hits Home |
| July 31 | A mosaic of greyscale figures in the shape of Vladimir Putin's face | The Secret Plan To Stop Putin's Election Plot |
| August 7 | A wave about to crash on a beach | The Anti Antidepressant: Depression afflicts 300 million people. One-third don't respond to treatment. A surprising new drug may change that |
| August 21 | General John Kelly, White House Chief of Staff for U.S. President Donald Trump | General John Kelly: Trump's last best hope |
| August 28 | A cartoon of a person wearing a U.S. flag and making a Nazi salute | Hate in America |
| September 4 | Joey Erace, 10-year-old baseball player | Crazy Travel. Crazy Costs. Crazy Stress. How kid sports turned pro |
| September 18 | Various covers, including Hillary Rodham Clinton, Selena Gomez, Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Ilhan Omar and more. | Firsts: Women who are changing the world |
| September 25 | Hurricane Irma | The storms keep getting stronger. And so do we |
| October 2 | A figure of Republican holding the Democratic's logo | Shrunk |
| October 9 | An American football player tackling a practice dummy in the image of President Trump | Why he always bounces back |
| October 16 | List of places of mass shootings | Las Vegas – America's nightmare |
| October 23 | US: Harvey Weinstein Non-US editions: John Boyega | US: Producer. Predator. Pariah. Non-US editions: Next generation leaders |
| October 30 | | The goddess myth |
| November 6 | | US: The Wrecking Crew Non-US editions: The Caliphate Falls |
| November 13 | | US, Europe, Middle East: Mueller's Most Wanted Asia Pacific: China won |
| November 20 | Emmanuel Macron | The Next Leader of Europe |
| November 27 | | The 25 Best Inventions of 2017 |
| December 18 | Ashley Judd, Susan Fowler, Adama Iwu, Taylor Swift, and Isabel Pascual | Person of the Year 2017. The Silence Breakers. |

## 2018

| Date | Persons or topics | Caption |
| January 15 | Mohamed Nasir | The Optimists: Edited by Bill Gates |
| January 22 | Illustration of Donald Trump | Year One |
| January 29 | 50 women who chose to run for public office in the United States after the 2017 Women's March | The Avengers |
| February 5 | | America Alone |
| February 12 | | Making America Nuclear Again |
| February 19 | Chadwick Boseman | A Hero Rises |
| February 26 | | How to Live Longer Better (And Still Have Fun) |
| March 5 | | The Opioid Diaries |
| March 12 | Greta Gerwig | Lights. Camera. Power. |
| March 19 | Immigrants | Ripped Apart |
| April 2 | X González, Jaclyn Corin, David Hogg, Cameron Kasky, and Alex Wind. | Enough. |
| April 9 | Jeff Sessions | Nobody's Above the Law |
| April 16 | Mohammad bin Salman | Charm Offensive |
| April 23 | Illustration of Donald Trump | Stormy |
| April 30 | Jennifer Lopez, Tiffany Haddish, Roger Federer, Satya Nadella, Nicole Kidman, Tarana Burke | The 100 Most Influential People |
| May 14 | A damaged FBI badge | The FBI in Crisis |
| May 21 | | Can Bad Men Change? |
| May 28 | | How my Generation Broke America |
| June 4 | Duke and Duchess of Sussex | The Modern Royals |
| June 11 | | The Drone Age |
| June 18 | Illustration of Donald Trump | King Me. |
| June 25 | Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump | The Riskiest Show on Earth |
| July 2 | Donald Trump with a child | Welcome to America. |
| July 9 | Supreme Court of the United States | It's Trump's court now |
| July 23 | Illustration of the word Democracy | Why it will prevail |
| July 30 | Donald Trump | The summit crisis |
| August 6 | Stacey Abrams | Loving a place that doesn't love you |
| August 20 | Spike Lee | Spike Lee's long game |
| August 27 | Serena Williams | Perfectly Serena |
| September 3 | Illustration of Donald Trump | In Deep. |
| September 17 | Nancy Pelosi | The persistence of Nancy Pelosi |
| September 24 | Hope Brown | I'm a teacher in America |
| October 1 | Brett Kavanaugh | What's changed |
| October 8 | United States Declaration of Independence | Can we get there? |
| October 15 | Illustration of Christine Blasey Ford | Her lasting impact |
| October 22 | Donald Trump | How Trumpism outlasts Trump |
| October 29 | | The Wave Makers |
| November 5 | | Guns in America |
| November 12 | | Beyond Hate |
| November 19 | | Redder. Bluer. Trumpier. |
| November 26 | | Who gets to be American? |
| December 10 | Seven parents of seven dead students | The world moves on and you don't |
| December 17 | George H. W. Bush | The Bush Legacy |
| December 24 | | The Guardians and the war on truth |

## 2019

| Date | Persons or topics | Caption |
| January 14 | | The Future of Babies |
| January 21 | Illustration of Nancy Pelosi and Donald Trump | The Art of the Duel |
| January 28 | | I helped create this mess. Here's how to fix it |
| February 4 | Different photos of new immigrants on various covers of the magazine discussing global immigration issues | Beyond walls |
| February 18 | Cicely Tyson | The Art of Optimism |
| March 4 | Illustration of Donald Trump and other politicians | Knock, knock... |
| March 11 | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | The triumph of Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
| March 18 | Tenzin Gyatso (14th Dalai Lama) | The Survivor |
| March 25 | Donald Trump as a peach | Do they dare? |
| April 1 | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | The Phenom |
| April 8 | Donald Trump | Just Singin' |
| April 15 | Joe Biden | The Test Case |
| April 22 | Flag of Europe | The Unraveling of Europe |
| April 29 | Taylor Swift, Dwayne Johnson, Sandra Oh, Gayle King, Nancy Pelosi, Mohamed Salah | The 100 Most Influential People |
| May 13 | Chasten and Pete Buttigieg | First Family |
| May 20 | Elizabeth Warren | I have a plan for that |
| May 27 | Greta Thunberg | Next Generation Leaders |
| June 3 | Alex Morgan | The Equalizer |
| June 17 | Bernie Sanders | Building a Better Bernie |
| June 24 | António Guterres | Our Sinking Planet |
| July 1 | Donald Trump | My whole life is a bet |
| July 8 | Colson Whitehead | America's Storyteller |
| July 22 | Benjamin Netanyahu | The Strong Survive |
| July 29 | Illustration of astronauts | The Next Space Race |
| August 5 | Illustration of politicians | Whose party is it? |
| August 19 | Place names of mass shootings in America | Enough. |
| August 26 | Lil Nas X | It's his country |
| September 2 | | The Left Behind Economy |
| September 16 | Ryan Murphy, Margaret Atwood and Michael B. Jordan | The Best of Fall |
| September 23 | Sand sculpture | 2050: How Earth Survived |
| September 30 | Man vaping | The New American Addiction |
| October 7 | Illustration of Donald Trump | |
| October 14 | Kamala Harris | Her Case |
| October 21 | Matthew Poblano, Gregory Grammer and Ashley Luna Gorbea | America's Forever War |
| November 4 | A robot | The robot will see you now |
| November 11 | Rudy Giuliani | The Secretary of Defense |
| November 14 | Camila Cabello, Awkwafina, Zion Williamson, Chanel Miller, Carlos Alvarado Quesada and Emily Weiss | The Next 100 Most Influential People |
| November 18 | | America on Trial |
| December 2 | Balloons spelling out the word 'elite' | Party's Over |
| December 16 | Donald Trump | Quid Pro Dough |
| December 23 | Greta Thunberg | Person of the Year |