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World AIDS Day Each Dec. 1 is dedicated to raising awareness of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Across the globe, people are showing their support for those living with HIV and AIDS. Thirty-four million adults and children are HIV-positive.
Dec. 1, 2012
A students draws a poster during a contest to mark the World Aids Day in Bali, Indonesia. A joint U.N. program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) reported that the rate of new HIV infections in Indonesia increased by more than 25 percent between 2001 and 2011.
Made Nagi
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European Pressphoto Agency
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Dec. 1, 2012
Activists from the People Health Movement carry placards to mark World AIDS Day in Karachi, Pakistan. More than 100,000 suffer from HIV/AIDS in Pakistan, which has a population of 180 million, but only about 10,000 cases have been reported.
Rizwan Tabassum
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AFP/Getty Images
Dec. 1, 2012
A vendor inflates a baloon with an AIDS awareness message at a rally on World AIDS Day in Mumbai. The UNAIDS agency says some 2.5 million Indians are living with HIV, many of them ostracized by their communities.
Indranil Mukherjee
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Dec. 1, 2012
A woman has her face painted during a World AIDS Day campaign in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Mohd Rasfan
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AFP/Getty Images
Dec. 1, 2012
A student holds a placard during the World AIDS Day in Bangalore, India.
Jagadeesh Nv
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European Pressphoto Agency
Dec. 1, 2012
Students participate in the "dance4life" movement campaign in Jakarta, Indonesia. More than 2,000 students who had been trained as "agents4change" gathered and danced. They and other "agents" around the world marked World AIDS Day and their continuing efforts to combat HIV and stand up for sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Bagus Indahono
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European Pressphoto Agency
Dec. 1, 2012
A member of a nongovernmental organization joins a demonstration in observance of World AIDS Day at a park in Quezon city, east of Manila.
Francis R. Malasig
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European Pressphoto Agency
Dec. 1, 2012
An activist ties a red ribbon, the international symbol of AIDS awareness, around a girl's arm during an awareness campaign in Bhopal, India.
Sanjeev Gupta
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European Pressphoto Agency
Dec. 1, 2012
Sri Lankan members and supporters of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community participate in an event to mark World AIDS Day in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Eranga Jayawardena
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AP
Dec. 1, 2012
Volunteers hold hands on the Pont des Arts pedestrian bridge in central Paris to create a humain chain as part of World AIDS Day.
Miguel Medina
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AFP/Getty Images
Dec. 1, 2012
Activists participate in a march during the commemoration of World AIDS Day, in San Salvador, El Salvador.
Jose Cabezas
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AFP/Getty Images
Dec. 1, 2012
Activists carry a placard during a march marking World AIDS Day in Manila. Discrimination against gay people and people infected with HIV is contributing to the rapid rise of the disease in the Philippines, officials and health activists said.
Ted Aljibe
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AFP/Getty Images
Dec. 1, 2012
Nursing students hold a candlelight vigil marking World AIDS Day in Amritsar, India. UNAIDS says some 2.5 million Indians are living with HIV, many of them shunned by their communities.
Narinder Nany
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AFP/Getty Images
Dec. 1, 2012
Danes light candles to mark World AIDS Day in memory of those who have died of AIDS at Nytorv Square in the center of Copenhagen.
Lars Krabbe
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Polfoto via AP
Dec. 1, 2012
Filipinos light candles shaped into an AIDS symbol to mark World AIDS Day at the Heroes Shrine at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila. The activists are calling for increased awareness to the rising number of HIV infections and AIDS-related cases and called on the government and other sectors to help break the social stigma around the disease.
Bullit Marquez
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AP
Dec. 1, 2012
Filipinos release paper lanterns to mark World AIDS Day at the Heroes Shrine at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila.
Bullit Marquez
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AP
Nov. 30, 2012
A child walks with activists during a rally ahead of World AIDS Day in Kolkata, India.
Bikas Das
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AP
Nov. 30, 2012
Women walk past a 100-foot-long sand sculpture of a red ribbon, the universal symbol of awareness and support for those living with HIV, at Chandrabhaga Beach near Konark, India.
Asit Kumar
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AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 30, 2012
Volunteers prepare to release a hot-air balloon during a rally ahead of World AIDS Day in Kolkata, India.
Bikas Das
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AP
Nov. 30, 2012
Students sign their names on a banner during a World AIDS Day event at a school in Hanshan, China.
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Nov. 30, 2012
Schoolchildren make a formation in the shape of a red ribbon on the eve of World AIDS Day in Amritsar, India.
Prabhjot Gill
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AP
Nov. 30, 2012
Students show their hands, which are painted to look like red ribbons, during a World AIDS Day event at a school in Hanshan, China.
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nov. 30, 2012
Activists with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation assemble 25,000 postcards on a red ribbon on the eve of World AIDS Day in New Delhi. The notes about the disease, mostly written by HIV-positive people, are addressed to the Indian Health Ministry.
Prakash Singh
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AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 30, 2012
A volunteer with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation hangs postcards addressed to the Indian Health Ministry on the eve of World AIDS Day in New Delhi.
Altaf Qadri
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AP
Nov. 30, 2012
HIV-positive women make red ribbons at a support center in Bangalore, India, on the eve of World AIDS Day.
Manjunath Kiran
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AFP/Getty Images
Nov. 29, 2012
People place candles to form an AIDS ribbon as they gather to mark the upcoming World AIDS Day in Kiev, Ukraine.
Anatolii Stepanov
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Reuters
Nov. 29, 2012
People gather for the (Belvedere)Red Night Lights for World AIDS Day event at Gansevoort Square in New York.
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