TIME most influential people of 2019, in pictures

An Egyptian soccer hero and a sporting legend who just completed an improbable comeback. The first woman to be speaker of the house and the youngest woman elected to Congress. Special Counsel Robert Mueller and President Donald Trump.

Those are just some of the individuals selected for this year's edition of Time 100, the magazine's annual list of the most influential people in the world.

Here are the best pictures from the Time 100 Gala on Tuesday at Lincoln Center in New York.