The 70% of Al Jazeera’s fans participating in the vote - conducted by the News Race - awarded Lionel Messi the title of "Person of the Week" after he informed Barcelona's management of his intention to leave the club in the wake of a season in which Barca came out empty-handed.
There have been reports of talks between Messi and Manchester City, which is coached by Pep Guardiola, Messi's friend and former Barcelona coach.
The Russian opposition Alexei Navalny was ranked second, and he won 12% of the public vote after he was subjected to a poisoning process, and his supporters accused President Vladimir Putin of masterminding it. Navalny was transferred for treatment in Germany, where European countries have called on Moscow to conduct a transparent investigation into the circumstances of his poisoning.
The Tunisian Prime Minister-designate Hisham El-Mechichi, who announced the formation of his government, and the Egyptian human rights activist, Bahey El Din Hassan, who was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison, shared third place after they each received 9% of the public vote.
Event of the week
The most important event of the week was the escalation of tension in the eastern Mediterranean between Turkey and Greece, and it won 75% of the public’s vote, while developments in the declaration of a ceasefire in Libya ranked second with 17%.
Third, the announcement of the Southern Transitional Council in Yemen to suspend its participation in the consultations to implement the Riyadh Agreement was resolved, and it won 8% of the public vote.