From a hip hop star turned entrepreneur to a social media exec who doubles as an unconventional feminist leader, and a young girl whose courage may change the course of history, TIME presents portraits of the most influential people of 2013 as featured in our annual TIME 100 issue.
Portraits of Influence: The 2013 TIME 100
Mark Seliger for TIME
Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, photographed at the office of the National Republican Senatorial Committee in D.C.