World AIDS Day

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Students light candles for HIV and AIDS awareness in Agartala, Tripura.

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Nepalese light candles in the shape of the red ribbon, the universal symbol of awareness and support for those living with HIV, in Kathmandu.

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Drug addicts dance as they rehearse for a AIDS Day performance at Harmonious Home Rehabilitation Community, on the outskirts of Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan province.

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Nurses stand to form a Red Ribbon while holding a banner to mark World AIDS Day at a medical school in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province.

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Nurses throw rose petals and red ribbons to mark World AIDS Day at a medical school in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province.

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Dozens of volunteers join a human chain in the form of a red ribbon, a symbol of "love and care" for HIV and AIDS carriers worldwide, at a gathering in downtown Taipei ahead of World AIDS Day. The theme of the 2011 global campaign to fight AIDS is 'Getting to Zero'.

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Sand artist Subal Moharana makes AIDS insignia in Bhubaneswar.

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Glass artist Basavarju S Gowda displays his creation as part of an AIDS awareness campaign in Bangalore.

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A college student dresses up during an event to commemorate World AIDS Day in Jammu. More than 2 million people in India suffer from HIV/AIDS.

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Fireworks burst behind the Sydney Opera House that is bathed in red light with a figure of two hands in Australia as part of a global campaign to create an AIDS-free generation by 2015. Over 50 landmarks and iconic monuments around the world will turn red on Dec 1, in support of the campaign.

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A heroin drug user holds a syringe in his mouth at a park in Medan city in Sumatra island. Cordia-Caritas Medan, an NGO, focuses on rehabilitation of heroin-users as part of its anti-HIV/AIDS campaign in Indonesia where the highest rate of HIV/AIDS infection comes from drug injection.

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A child looks up while walking past the symbol of a ribbon to mark the upcoming World Aids Day in Kathmandu.

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Romanian volunteers dance as they wear t-shirts reading 'I use a condom' at the Gara de Nord railway station during a flash mob, a day before World AIDS Day in downtown Bucharest.

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Harwinder Singh Gill a city artist displays his creation as a visual message to spread awareness on the eve of World Aids Day in Amritsar. Munish Byala/HT

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Children sit during a break for tea inside the house which they share, at the Nyumbani Children's Home for children with HIV, in Karen on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. World AIDS Day is observed on December 1 each year and is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection.

World AIDS Day

Students light candles for HIV and AIDS awareness in Agartala, Tripura.

Nepalese light candles in the shape of the red ribbon, the universal symbol of awareness and support for those living with HIV, in Kathmandu.

Drug addicts dance as they rehearse for a AIDS Day performance at Harmonious Home Rehabilitation Community, on the outskirts of Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan province.

Nurses stand to form a Red Ribbon while holding a banner to mark World AIDS Day at a medical school in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province.

Nurses throw rose petals and red ribbons to mark World AIDS Day at a medical school in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province.

Dozens of volunteers join a human chain in the form of a red ribbon, a symbol of "love and care" for HIV and AIDS carriers worldwide, at a gathering in downtown Taipei ahead of World AIDS Day. The theme of the 2011 global campaign to fight AIDS is 'Getting to Zero'.

Sand artist Subal Moharana makes AIDS insignia in Bhubaneswar.

Glass artist Basavarju S Gowda displays his creation as part of an AIDS awareness campaign in Bangalore.

A college student dresses up during an event to commemorate World AIDS Day in Jammu. More than 2 million people in India suffer from HIV/AIDS.

Fireworks burst behind the Sydney Opera House that is bathed in red light with a figure of two hands in Australia as part of a global campaign to create an AIDS-free generation by 2015. Over 50 landmarks and iconic monuments around the world will turn red on Dec 1, in support of the campaign.

A heroin drug user holds a syringe in his mouth at a park in Medan city in Sumatra island. Cordia-Caritas Medan, an NGO, focuses on rehabilitation of heroin-users as part of its anti-HIV/AIDS campaign in Indonesia where the highest rate of HIV/AIDS infection comes from drug injection.

A child looks up while walking past the symbol of a ribbon to mark the upcoming World Aids Day in Kathmandu.

Romanian volunteers dance as they wear t-shirts reading 'I use a condom' at the Gara de Nord railway station during a flash mob, a day before World AIDS Day in downtown Bucharest.

Harwinder Singh Gill a city artist displays his creation as a visual message to spread awareness on the eve of World Aids Day in Amritsar. Munish Byala/HT

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