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Another year on its way out the door, and what a year it’s been.

Australia lost a prime minister. The United States gained a congressional check on President Trump’s power and China found itself with a leader for life in Xi Jinping.

Power shifted elsewhere too. The world’s technology dynamos, especially Facebook and Tesla, battled stiff headwinds and criticism as they continued to reshape how we all interact, for good or ill, while abusive men continued to fall like dominoes in year two of the #MeToo movement.

Here at The New York Times, we tried to keep you up to date and add our particular perspective — global, nuanced, fair — at least as often as we could.