26th World AIDS Day

26th World AIDS Day

Dec 02, 2014, 08:39 AM IST
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STUDENTS OF ALLAHABAD UNIVERSITY CREATE SAND ART TO RAISE AWARENESS ON AIDS ON THE EVE OF WORLD AIDS DAY, ON THE BANKS OF THE GANGA RIVER IN ALLAHABAD.

STUDENTS OF ALLAHABAD UNIVERSITY CREATE SAND ART TO RAISE AWARENESS ON AIDS ON THE EVE OF WORLD AIDS DAY, ON THE BANKS OF THE GANGA RIVER IN ALLAHABAD.

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Sex workers from Kamathipura participate in a rally to spread awareness on AIDS on World AIDS Day in Mumbai.

Sex workers from Kamathipura participate in a rally to spread awareness on AIDS on World AIDS Day in Mumbai.

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A participant hugs a condom mascot during an event to promote awareness of HIV testing ahead of the Dec 1 World AIDS day in Beijing.

A participant hugs a condom mascot during an event to promote awareness of HIV testing ahead of the Dec 1 World AIDS day in Beijing.

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Condom mascots pose for photos at an event to promote awareness of HIV testing ahead of the Dec 1 World AIDS day in Beijing.

Condom mascots pose for photos at an event to promote awareness of HIV testing ahead of the Dec 1 World AIDS day in Beijing.

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Students prepare a street play to create awareness of the dangers of HIV infections and ways to prevent it on the occasion of World AIDS Day in New Delhi, India.

Students prepare a street play to create awareness of the dangers of HIV infections and ways to prevent it on the occasion of World AIDS Day in New Delhi, India.

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Hood Katende, a 26-year-old reformed thief and onetime drug peddler who now produces music encouraging AIDS awareness, talks to The Associated Press in a small shipping container-turned recording studio in the Kamwokya slum of Kampala, Uganda.

Hood Katende, a 26-year-old reformed thief and onetime drug peddler who now produces music encouraging AIDS awareness, talks to The Associated Press in a small shipping container-turned recording studio in the Kamwokya slum of Kampala, Uganda.

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Phyu Phyu Thin, right, a parliament member of Myanmar Opposition Leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, examines an HIV patient while other patients rest at her HIV/AIDS Care Center in the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar.

Phyu Phyu Thin, right, a parliament member of Myanmar Opposition Leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, examines an HIV patient while other patients rest at her HIV/AIDS Care Center in the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar.

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Chinese men move a red ribbon at an event to promote awareness of HIV testing ahead of the Dec. 1 World AIDS day in Beijing.

Chinese men move a red ribbon at an event to promote awareness of HIV testing ahead of the Dec. 1 World AIDS day in Beijing.