Vladimir Putin has been named the world's most powerful person by Forbes magazine for the third year in a row.
The Russian President was followed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who moved up three spots from last year to replace U.S. President Barack Obama at number two.
With Obama dropping down to third place, this is the first year a sitting U.S. President has not made it into the top two on the list.
Pope Francis retained his place at number four from last year, ahead of Chinese leader Xi Jinping at number five, who fell two spots from last year.
Also in the top ten are Bill Gates, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, India Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Alphabet CEO Larry Page in spots six to ten.
Mr Modi moved up six places and made it into the top ten for the first time, while European Central Bank President Mario Draghi just missed the cut-off and was named as number 11.
The Forbes Most Powerful People list is made up of 73 people - one person for every 100 million on the planet - and is published in November every year.
Several factors were taken into account to select the 73: the amount of money they control, the number of people they impact, their total spheres of influence, and how actively they wield their power.
Notable names outside of the top ten include U.S. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who returned to the list at No. 58 after being placed at No. 16 in 2011 and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who at 31 is the youngest on the list.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at No 49 is the biggest upward mover, up 22 spots from 2014.
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