Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl and advocate for girls’ education who survived a would-be assassin’s bullet, is among the 100 most influential people in the world, Time magazine said Thursday. Malala is one of seven honorees to also appear on one of the various covers that the magazine has devoted to the list. Malala, who also has been nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, now lives in exile in Britain. The annual list picks luminaries from art, business and politics whose achievement make them among the world’s most vital and vibrant figures.
Making Time’s list this year were Hollywood director Steven Spielberg, Oscar-winning actor Daniel Day Lewis and Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton. President Barack Obama appears on the list for an eighth time, and his wife, First Lady Michelle Obama, made it, too.–AFP
Other politicians tapped by Time include US Senator Rand Paul, China’s Xi Jinping, Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi and North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un. The list also picks SpaceX founder Elon Musk, Pope Francis, Justin Timberlake, Jay Z, Beyonce, Mario Balotelli, Lindsey Vonn. Short bios of each of the honoree appear in the magazine, penned in many instances by equally prestigious figures in their fields.