“You Americans are so good at beating yourself up. It is remarkable. There’s this sense of shrinking influence on the world. It’s not true. Nearly 5 million lives have been saved around the world because of American leadership. In polling about countries that most admire the U.S., eight of the top 10 are in Africa.” 

In honor of World AIDS Day, Bono talks to TIME managing editor Rick Stengel in next week’s issue. Listen to their entire conversation on TIME.com. 

Photo by Peter Hapak for TIME

News is never a 9 to 5 job. 

Wednesday evening, with the news that Apple visionary Steve Jobs had passed away from pancreatic cancer, TIME managing editor Rick Stengel (center) decided to stop the presses on the issue the staff had just finished earlier that afternoon. Staff members poured back into the TIME offices for an emergency edit meeting, which left us just over three hours to produce a new issue, many of us working on the very Apple devices that Jobs created.

Thursday, we’ll announce our latest issue featuring Jobs on the cover for the eighth time.