'Time' unveils its 100 most influential people list

Boom! Beyoncé is on the cover of this year's Time 100 issue of Time magazine — with a tribute inside written by Sheryl Sandberg.

The Time 100 is the magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and the issue features tributes written by high-profile guest contributors.

Among the pairings (honorees and the luminaries writing about them):

Pope Francis by Barack Obama

Jeff Bezos by Peter Thiel

Mary Barra by Lee Iacocca

Hillary Clinton by Malala Yousafzai

John Green by Shailene Woodley

John Kerry by Hillary Clinton

Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe by Forest Whitaker

Rand Paul by Mitch McConnell

Withelma "T" Ortiz Walker Pettigrew by Ricky Martin

Internal covers feature Robert Redford, Mary Barra and Jason Collins.

The issue hits newsstands Friday.