How well do you know the newsmakers of 2024? Test your knowledge with Mark Knight’s cartoon

Mark Knight’s year-ender cartoon is back. See if you can name the people who made waves in the news this year with an interactive special.

The year 2024 was a tumultuous period for news, one to be remembered for elections, wars, Olympics and a record-breaking concert tour that stormed not just Melbourne but the world.

The Herald Sun’s award-winning cartoonist Mark Knight has captured the newsmakers from for the past 12 months and also paid tribute to high-profile figures who shuffled off this mortal coil.

How many faces do you recognise in this year's Mark Knight poster?

Standing at the brow of the cruise ship 2024 stands US president-elect Donald Trump, in Titanic pose with the Statue of Liberty, perhaps claiming to be king of the world.

It was the year that the cultural phenomenon of Swiftmania swept the globe – Taylor Swift wrapped up for epic Eras Tour this month after taking an unprecedented $3bn in ticket sales, which included three MCG shows. Swift’s success was matched by boyfriend and Superbowl winner Travis Kelce.

Footy is part of our great city’s fabric too with Knight acknowledging two-time Brownlow winner Patrick Cripps, 400-gamer Scott Pendlebury who is maturing like a fine wine and champagne Tigers star Dustin Martin who has retired – or has he?

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Carlton coach Michael Voss gets a guernsey too, this time remembered for his heroics when, while getting his morning coffee, chased down a knife-wielding car thief.

Knight bids farewell to much-loved celebrities such as fashion icon Maggie Tabberer, singer Kris Kristofferson, actor Maggie Smith, legendary music producer Quincy Jones, radio icon and TV icon John Blackman (and Dickie Knee), science presenter and author Michael Mosley and actor James Earl Jones, best known as the voice of Darth Vader.

Heading overboard are recently ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, now hiding in Russia, defeated US presidential candidate Kamala Harris and the Royal Family’s black sheep Prince Andrew.

Also in the lifeboats are Victorian premier Jacinta Allan, weighed down by debt and deficit left by departing treasurer Tim Pallas, while Education Minister Ben Carroll scores an F for the VCE exam debacle.

Also in the political arena, Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are sitting in deckchairs that perhaps might be rearranged after the federal election next year.

The Olympics in France provided so many great memories including breaker Rachael “Raygun” Gunn, skateboarder Arisa Trew, 14, our youngest gold medallist and canoeist Jessica Fox.

The Boxing Day Test at the MCG also produced the stage for cricket’s newest star Sam Konstas whose ramp shots on the first morning have already become part of sporting folklore.

Former PM and ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd is also trying to hold up “Sleepy Joe” Biden.

Former US president Jimmy Carter, who died at the weekend aged 100, is also remembered.

Two great journalists are no longer with us – veteran George Negus and the Herald Sun’s footy scribe Sam Landsberger.

Also wearing Knight’s angel wings are former Liberal MP Kevin Andrews, tennis great Neale Fraser, cartoonist Michael Leunig and actor Bernard Hill.

Politicians from all sides to feature include the departing Bill Shorten and former PM Scott Morrison, along with controversial federal Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen.

Donald Trump is on top of the world in Mark Knight’s 2024 cartoon.

New state Opposition Leader Brad Battin makes his first appearance along with new deputy Sam Groth, while John Pesutto makes an exit under the shadow of Moira Deeming.

Sporting stars also on board include F1 champion Max Verstappen, Australian Open champ Jannik Sinner, Nathan Cleary from NRL premiers Penrith and AFL and AFLW kings the Lions and the Kangaroos respectively.

Melbourne Cup winner Knight’s Choice was also acclaimed after her upset triumph and a legend of the track Black Caviar sadly passed away in August.

Reserve Bank Governor Michelle Bullock raised her profile this year, as did Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce, although maybe for the wrong reasons.

Indigenous figures Uncle Colin and independent MP Lidia Thorpe also feature, the latter giving her opinions to monarchs King Charles and Queen Camilla.

Prince William and Kate, the Princess of Wales who is recovering from cancer treatment, were also constant figures in the news, while Aussie Mary Donaldson became Queen of Denmark at the start of the year.

Controversial figures the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, former CFMEU boss John Setka and former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann found themselves in hot water, while new British MP Sir Keir Starmer made a splash on the world stage.

Melbourne had a new Lord Mayor when Nick Reece was elected in October, Sam Mostyn became Governor-General while career public servant Jeroen Weimar scored another top job, this time as secretary of the Department of Transport and Planning.

World leaders were never far from the front pages, including Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping of China and North Korea’s president Kim Jong Un.

Also playing a part in global politics was Tesla and X boss Elon Musk, while

Trump nemesis Stormy Daniels continued to make headlines.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky continued to fight the good fight, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was locked in battle with Hamas.

The debate at home over the Gaza conflict led to Fatima Payman quitting the Labor Party.

A DECADE OF KNIGHT CARTOONS

Who can you spot through Mark Knight’s past year-ender cartoons?

2014: Tony Abbott, Barack Obama, Bill Shorten, Joe Hockey, Royals William and Kate, Prince George, David Gyngell and James Packer, Miranda Kerr , Daniel Ricciardo, Jack Brabham, Gough Whitlam, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Lynne Kosky, Neville Wran, Robert Flower and Tommy Hafey, Stella Young, Charlotte Dawson, Roy Higgins, Shirley Temple, Mickey Rooney, Lauren Bacall, Robin Williams and Joan Rivers, Rosie Batty next to her late son, Luke, Daniel Andrews, Denis Napthine, Cate Blanchett, a jubilant Rabbitoh, Stephanie Gilmore, Rolf Harris, Craig Thomson, Eddie Obeid, Kim Kardashian, Iggy Azalea, Miley Cyrus, Jacqui Lambie, Vladimir Putin, Geoffrey Edelsten and Gabi Grecko, Schapelle Corby, Clive Palmer, Buddy Franklin, Luke Hodge Bomber Thompson, James Hird and AFL chief Gillon McLachlan, Phillip Hughes, Julie Bishop, Bronwyn Bishop, two Malaysia Airlines flights, a masked volunteer battling Ebola and, lurking in the shallows, Islamic State.

2015: Vladimir Putin, MP Bronwyn Bishop, John Setka, Peter Greste, Caitlyn Jenner, Tony Abbott, Peta Credlin. The Queen and Prince Philip. Charles, Camilla, Harry, William and Kate. Malcolm Turnbull, Julie Bishop, Richard Di Natale, Clive Palmer, Labor's Bill Shorten, Liberal defector Ian Macfarlane, Joe Hockey.Daniel Andrews, Tim Pallas. Richie Benaud, Joan Kirner, Phil Walsh, Colleen McCullough, Alan Bond , Malcolm Fraser, Myuran Sukumaran, Andrew Chan, Bart Cummings, Leonard Nimoy. Mick Malthouse aChris Judd, Adam Goodes, Michael Clarke. Luke Hodge , Laura Geitz, Mitchell Johnson, Michelle Payne, with strapper brother Stevie and Prince of Penzance. Nick Kyrgios, Nat Fyfe, Jarryd Hayne, Mick Fanning, Johnathan Thurston, Robert Allenby, Archie Thompson. A Charlie Hebdo pencil remains unblunted by terrorism. Johnny Depp’s hounds Pistol and Boo, Ken Lay, Rosie Batty, Dyson Heydon, Donald Trump, George Pell. The Millennium Falcon and BB8 from Star Wars make appearances.

2016: David Bowie, Jon English, Star Wars droid K-2SO, Alan Rickman, John Glenn. Tin Tin and Snowy. Sam Mitchell and Trent Cotchin, Brent Harvey, Robert Doyle , Barack Obama, Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, Kyle Chalmers, George Pell. Andrew Sachs, Gene Wilder, Muhammad Ali. The Western Bulldogs mascot, Daniel Andrews, a CFA volunteer, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton. Nick Xenophon, Bill Shorten, Malcolm Turnbull. Carrie Fisher holds a photo of her mum, Debbie Reynolds. Derryn Hinch, Jacqui Lambie, Pauline Hanson. Max Walker, Tony Abbott, Pokemon character Pikachu. Peta Credlin, Sam Dastyari, Bashar al-Assad, Fidel Castro, Boris Johnson, David Cameron, Kenny Baker. Steve Herbert with dogs Patch and Ted. Bruce Mansfield, Ronnie Corbett, Zsa Zsa Gabor. Darryn Lyons, Harper Lee Prince, Leonard Cohen, George Michael , Glenn Frey, Rick Parfitt. Reg Grundy, Arnold Palmer.

2017: Malcolm Young, Chuck Berry, Glen Campbell, Gurrumul Yunupingu, Magda Szubanski and Tim Wilson, Hugh Hefner, Andrew Bolt , the Richmond mascot, Dustin Martin and dad Shane, Peter Dutton, Roger Federer, Steve Smith, Erin Phillips, Cam Smith, Schapelle Corby, Malcolm Turnbull, Julie Bishop, Tony Abbott and Scott Morrison, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Pauline Hanson, Bill Shorten and Sam Dastyari , Barnaby Joyce, John Alexander, Malcolm Roberts, Fiona Nash, Jacqui Lambie, Larissa Waters and Scott Ludlam, Dan Andrews, Matthew Guy, Telmo Languiller, Don Nardella, Rebel Wilson, Greg Norman, Don Burke, Kevin Spacey, Harvey Weinstein, George Pell, Robert Doyle, Kim Jong-un, Donald Trump, Robert Mugabe, Lou Richards, athlete Betty Cuthbert, equestrian Olympian Gillian Rolton, Drew Morphett, John Clarke, MP Fiona Richardson, Herald Sun stalwart John Hamilton, cartoonist Bill Leak, Winx, A Holden FJ.

2018: Sisto Malaspina, Bonita Mabo, Bob Jane, Ron Walker, Jarrod Lyle, Stan Lee, Aretha Franklin, Stephen Hawking, George H.W. Bush and wife Barbara, The Unknown Soldier, Malcolm Turnbull, Julie Bishop jumps ship, Peter Dutton, Scott Morrison, Matthew Guy, Andrew Broad, Barnaby Joyce , Bill Shorten, Daniel Andrews, Michael “Trolley Man” Rogers, Richmond Tiger, Mason Cox, Tim Cahill, Stephanie Gilmore, Kurt Fearnley, Winx, Serena Williams shares a coffee with Knight, Steve Smith, David Warner, Cameron Bancroft, Kenneth Hayne, QC Rowena Orr, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Jasmine Yarbrough and Karl Stefanovic, Michelle Guthrie, Theresa May, Geoffrey Rush, Kim Jong-un, Donald Trump and Melania, Richard Harris and Craig Challen, Lawyer X, Eddie McGuire and Sam Newman , Jeff Hook, Tom Mitchell.

2019: Scott Morrison, Greta Thunberg , Steve Smith, Mack Horton, Ross Lyon, David Teague, Graham “Polly” Farmer, Dustin Martin, Ash Barty, Nick Kyrgios, Margaret Fulton, Nicola Gobbo, Tony Mokbel, George Calombaris, Gary Mehigan and Matt Preston, Bill Shorten, Clive Palmer, John Setka, Anthony Albanese, Ita Buttrose, Prince Andrew, Prince Harry and Meghan and Archie, Magda Szubanski and Kim Kardashian, “Egg boy” William Connolly, Fraser Anning, Israel Folau, Margaret Court, Daniel Andrews, Tony Abbott, Tayla Harris, A Game of Thrones dragon, Sally Pearson, George Pell, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, Gladys Liu, Jacinda Ardern, Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, Kim Jong-un, Boris Johnson, Danny Frawley,Andrew “Greedy” Smith, Bob Hawke, Clive James, Paul Cronin, Tim Fischer. A koala honours our courageous firefighters.

2020: Daniel Andrews, Scott Morrison, Jenny Mikakos, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Josh Frydenberg, Xi Xinping, Gladys Berejiklian, Annastacia Palaszczuk, Dustin Martin, Trent Cotchin, Frontline health workers and firefighters, Brett Sutton, Dean Jones, Gary Ablett Jr, Nicola Gobbo, The Queen and Prince Phillip, Harry and Meghan, George Floyd, Kate Moloney, Cameron Smith, Denis Pagan, Johnny Get Angry, Australia’s women’s cricket team, Daniel Ricciardo, Diego Maradona, Kobe Bryant and 13-year-old daughter Gianna, Jye McNeil and Twilight Payment , John Kennedy Sr, A lone hotel security guard, Boris Johnson, George Pell, Harvey Weinstein, Helen Reddy, Sean Connery, Adem Somyurek, Jennifer Coate, the Ruby Princess cruise ship, a Holden, Dylan Alcott.

2021: Josh Frydenberg and PM Scott Morrison, Daniel Andrews, Adem ­Somyurek, Mark McGowan , Steven Marshall, Annastacia Palaszczuk, Gladys Berejiklian, Dominic Perrottet, Matthew Guy, Anthony Albanese, Brett Sutton, Charlie Watts, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, David Gulpilil, Michael Gudinski, Pat Cummins, Tim Paine, Tim Smith, Novak Djokovic, Nathan Buckley, Eddie McGuire, John “Strop” Cornell, Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, The Queen. Harry and wife Meghan, Oprah, Ariarne Titmus , Max Gawn, Gillon McLachlan, Brittany Higgins, Grace Tame, Emmanuel Macron, Eddie Betts, Shaun Burgoyne, Bert and Patti Newton, James McDonald and Verry Elleegant, Healthcare workers, Boris Johnson, Dylan Alcott, Ash Barty, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Nadia Bartel, Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Branson, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, the Taliban, the Extinction Rebellion, Xi Jinping, Craig Kelly, Clive Palmer, Barnaby Joyce, Michael McCormack.

2022: TOP DECK: Elon Musk; Teals Zoe Daniel, Zali Steggall, Monique Ryan and Allegra Spender; David Warner; Sally Capp; Gill McLachlan; Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, Geelong Cat. MIDDLE DECK: Pele; Uncle Archie Roach; Billy Picken; Olivia Newton-John; Judith Durham; Jordan DeGoey; Meatloaf; Donald Trump; Camilla Parker Bowles; King Charles; Meghan and Harry. STALLS: Inflation dragon (blasting Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe); Cameron Smith; Lionel Messi; the Socceroos; Andrew Symonds; Shane Warne; Rod Marsh; Patrick Cripps; Johnny Famechon; Buddy Franklin; Ash Barty; La Nina; jockey Mark Zahra and Gold Trip; Daisy Pearce; Nick Kyrgios; John Pesutto and Matthew Guy; Liz Truss; Boris Johnson; Peter Dutton; Scott Morrison and ministerial team; Prince William and Kate; Kevin Rudd; Anthony Albanese and Toto; Daniel Andrews; Joe Biden; Xi Jinping; Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. ON STAGE: Volodymyr Zelensky; Vladimir Putin.

2023: IN THE STANDS: (Back row from left) Michael Parkinson, Matthew Perry, David Crosby, Renee Geyer, Jock Zonfrillo, Bill Granger, Commonwealth Games athlete, Franco Cozzo. (Middle row) Sinead O’Connor, Tina Turner, Taylor Swift, Clare O’Neil, Tony Bennett, Moira Deeming, Sam Kerr, Neil Mitchell. (Front row) Richmond Tiger, Damien Hardwick with Gold Coast lifesaver, Brittany Higgins, John Pesutto. FAR RIGHT MAIN PANEL: Daniel Andrews (then from top) Father Bob Maguire, Barbie on Oppenheimer’s shoulder, Ron Barassi, Anthony Albanese, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, King Charles and Queen Camilla, Barry Humphries, Dame Edna and Sir Les Patterson.ON THE COURSE: (Back row) George Pell, Buddy Franklin, Pat Cummins, Gillon McLachlan, Novak Djokovic, Andrew Dillon, Sally Capp, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Philip Lowe, Jacinta Allan and Peter Dutton. (Front row) Damien Oliver, Hamas v Israel, Lidia Thorpe, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, Henry Kissinger, Volodymyr Zelensky, Alan Joyce, Tassie Tiger, Nick Daicos, Tim Pallas, Craig McRae (and baby Maggie) and Deborah Glass.