The shortlist included the Ferguson protesters, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Alibaba founder Jack Ma, and Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani, but they all lost the title of TIME magazine's Person of the Year 2014.
Who graces this year's cover?
It seems like the beginning of a bad joke when you hear that President Obama, the Pope, and Miley Cyrus are in the running for the same title, and yet it's true. Bizarre, but true.