This image released by Time Magazine, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, shows the cover for Time magazine's 2011 'Person of the Year' issue. The Protester is this year's choice.
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Time Magazine has named "The Protester" as its Person of the Year for 2011 and says the activists are reshaping global politics.
The selection was announced Wednesday on NBC's "The Today Show."
The publication bestows the front page honour on the person or thing that the magazine feels has most influenced the culture and the news during the past year.
Time says it is recognizing protesters because they are redefining people power around the world.
There has been no shortage of protest movements this year as Air Canada flight attendants, Keystone XL pipeline demonstrators and Occupy movement members took to the streets.
The magazine says the Arab spring movement and the Occupy protests have made "The Protester" the most significant and influential person of 2011.
In Calgary, Libyan-Canadian Hatem Shebani protested against the Gadhafi regime from afar.
"A smile is contagious and so is revolution. When they get together they can do the things they couldn't do individually," said Shebani.
Shebani is on his way home to Tripoli for the first time since Gadhafi's death.
Last year, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was the recipient.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke received the honour in 2009. The 2008 winner was then-president-elect Barack Obama. Other previous winners have included Bono, President George W. Bush and Amazon.com CEO and founder Jeff Bezos.
The "Person of the Year" issue of Time Magazine hit newsstands on Wednesday.
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