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Commemorating World AIDS Day 2014

A red ribbon, the symbol of HIV/AIDS awareness, is put on a gate of the city council chamber during an NGO's campaign on the World AIDS Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 1, 2014. AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBAYASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 535800931
A red ribbon, the symbol of HIV/AIDS awareness, is put on a gate of the city council chamber during an NGO's campaign on the World AIDS Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 1, 2014. AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBAYASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 535800931
Yasuyoshi Chiba, AFP/Getty Images
Student Christina Batipps browses over a display of AIDS memorial quilt panels on display as part of World AIDS Day at Emory University, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, in Atlanta. World AIDS Day is marked on Dec. 1 every year to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. (AP Photo/David Goldman) ORG XMIT: GADG103
Student Christina Batipps browses over a display of AIDS memorial quilt panels on display as part of World AIDS Day at Emory University, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, in Atlanta. World AIDS Day is marked on Dec. 1 every year to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. (AP Photo/David Goldman) ORG XMIT: GADG103
David Goldman, AP
A giant red ribbon is affixed on the front of the White House on World Aids Day, on December 1, 2014 in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGANMANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 535803846
A giant red ribbon is affixed on the front of the White House on World Aids Day, on December 1, 2014 in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGANMANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 535803846
Mandel Ngan, AFP/Getty Images
epa04511025 Dutch singer-songwriter Eva Simons performs during the Dance4Life event on the occasion of World AIDS Day in the Heineken Music Hall, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 01 December 2014. The event is exclusively open to students who have been active in the recent months for the 'World without AIDS' project. World AIDS Day is marked worldwide annually on 01 December to raise awareness of those living with the virus. EPA/KOEN VAN WEEL ORG XMIT: 30173736
epa04511025 Dutch singer-songwriter Eva Simons performs during the Dance4Life event on the occasion of World AIDS Day in the Heineken Music Hall, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 01 December 2014. The event is exclusively open to students who have been active in the recent months for the 'World without AIDS' project. World AIDS Day is marked worldwide annually on 01 December to raise awareness of those living with the virus. EPA/KOEN VAN WEEL ORG XMIT: 30173736
Koen Van Weel, European Pressphoto Agency
epa04510780 Angela Groothuizen, Dutch 'Stop Aids Now!' ambassador releases balloons on World AIDS Day on the Museumplein in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 01 December 2014. World AIDS Day is marked worldwide annually on 01 December to raise awareness of those living with the virus. EPA/KOEN VAN WEEL ORG XMIT: 30171616
epa04510780 Angela Groothuizen, Dutch 'Stop Aids Now!' ambassador releases balloons on World AIDS Day on the Museumplein in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 01 December 2014. World AIDS Day is marked worldwide annually on 01 December to raise awareness of those living with the virus. EPA/KOEN VAN WEEL ORG XMIT: 30171616
Koen Van Weel, European Pressphoto Agency
epa04510725 A man living with HIV prepares to take his medicine at the HIV/AIDS Care Center, a hospice run by Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) Party, in Yangon, Myanmar, 01 December 2014. World AIDS Day is marked worldwide annually on 01 December to raise awareness of those living with the virus, and this comes amids calls for the Government of Myanmar to do more to tackle the virus despite a small decline in the rate of infection, with the United Nations estimating 200'000 people in the country live with the virus, prompting the Government to pledged a further $5 million to tackle the issue October. EPA/LYNN BO BO ORG XMIT: MYA03
epa04510725 A man living with HIV prepares to take his medicine at the HIV/AIDS Care Center, a hospice run by Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) Party, in Yangon, Myanmar, 01 December 2014. World AIDS Day is marked worldwide annually on 01 December to raise awareness of those living with the virus, and this comes amids calls for the Government of Myanmar to do more to tackle the virus despite a small decline in the rate of infection, with the United Nations estimating 200'000 people in the country live with the virus, prompting the Government to pledged a further $5 million to tackle the issue October. EPA/LYNN BO BO ORG XMIT: MYA03
Lyn Bo Bo, European Pressphoto Agency
epa04510762 An unidentified school girl at 'Maiti Nepal', a Rehabilitation Centre and Orphanage for HIV-affected child and women victims of trafficking, takes ART (Antiretroviral Therapy) at the Hospice, Kathmandu, Nepal, 01 December 2014. ART medicine is provides by the government of Nepal for those who are HIV positive, helping to prevent the growth of the virus in body. According to figures from the World Health Organisation (WHO) at least 52,000 people are HIV-positive in Nepal. EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA ORG XMIT: NEP01
epa04510762 An unidentified school girl at 'Maiti Nepal', a Rehabilitation Centre and Orphanage for HIV-affected child and women victims of trafficking, takes ART (Antiretroviral Therapy) at the Hospice, Kathmandu, Nepal, 01 December 2014. ART medicine is provides by the government of Nepal for those who are HIV positive, helping to prevent the growth of the virus in body. According to figures from the World Health Organisation (WHO) at least 52,000 people are HIV-positive in Nepal. EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA ORG XMIT: NEP01
Narendra Shrestha, European Pressphoto Agency
Passers-by stop to receive leaflets and information on AIDS as part of a World AIDS Day awareness event in Athens, Greece, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Health authorities in Greece say the number of HIV infections fell in 2013 for the first time since the start of the financial crisis.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) ORG XMIT: ATH102
Passers-by stop to receive leaflets and information on AIDS as part of a World AIDS Day awareness event in Athens, Greece, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Health authorities in Greece say the number of HIV infections fell in 2013 for the first time since the start of the financial crisis.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) ORG XMIT: ATH102
Petros Giannakouris, AP
An activist wears a red ribbon, the symbol of HIV/AIDS awareness, during an NGO's campaign on the World AIDS Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 1, 2014. AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBAYASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 535800928
An activist wears a red ribbon, the symbol of HIV/AIDS awareness, during an NGO's campaign on the World AIDS Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 1, 2014. AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBAYASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 535800928
Yasuyoshoi Chiba, AFP/Getty Images
epaselect epa04510425 Indonesian activists wear masks and hold red ribbons during an AIDS day campaign at a street in Surabaya, Indonesia, 01 December 2014. Dozens of activists staged a rally to mark the International AIDS day in several cities in the country. EPA/FULLY HANDOKO ORG XMIT: ful26
epaselect epa04510425 Indonesian activists wear masks and hold red ribbons during an AIDS day campaign at a street in Surabaya, Indonesia, 01 December 2014. Dozens of activists staged a rally to mark the International AIDS day in several cities in the country. EPA/FULLY HANDOKO ORG XMIT: ful26
Fully Handoko, European Pressphoto Agency
epa04510654 Kenyan women carry placards during a march to create awareness about HIV and AIDS during World Aids day in the Dandora slums, Nairobi, Kenya, 01 December 2014. Kenyans living in the slum areas tend to be those most affected by the virus, with the United Nations estimating the number of people living with AIDS in Kenya at around 1.6 million. EPA/DANIEL IRUNGU ORG XMIT: KEN02
epa04510654 Kenyan women carry placards during a march to create awareness about HIV and AIDS during World Aids day in the Dandora slums, Nairobi, Kenya, 01 December 2014. Kenyans living in the slum areas tend to be those most affected by the virus, with the United Nations estimating the number of people living with AIDS in Kenya at around 1.6 million. EPA/DANIEL IRUNGU ORG XMIT: KEN02
Daniel Irungu, European Pressphoto Agency
A pedestrian walks past balloons arranged to form a ribbon as part of a World AIDS Day awareness event in Athens, Greece, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Health authorities in Greece say the number of HIV infections fell in 2013 for the first time since the start of the financial crisis.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) ORG XMIT: ATH101
A pedestrian walks past balloons arranged to form a ribbon as part of a World AIDS Day awareness event in Athens, Greece, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Health authorities in Greece say the number of HIV infections fell in 2013 for the first time since the start of the financial crisis.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) ORG XMIT: ATH101
Petros Giannakouris, AP
epa04510604 South African children from the Zip Zap circus school perform during the World Aids Day concert in Khayelitsha township, Cape Town, South Africa, 01 December 2014. South Africa has the world's highest HIV/Aids infection rate with more than six million currently infected. The World AIDS Day concert targets the young people of Khayelitsha to raise awareness and work at breaking down the stigma associated with the illness. Many of the youth who are involved in the activities are affected by HIV/Aids themselves. EPA/NIC BOTHMA
epa04510604 South African children from the Zip Zap circus school perform during the World Aids Day concert in Khayelitsha township, Cape Town, South Africa, 01 December 2014. South Africa has the world's highest HIV/Aids infection rate with more than six million currently infected. The World AIDS Day concert targets the young people of Khayelitsha to raise awareness and work at breaking down the stigma associated with the illness. Many of the youth who are involved in the activities are affected by HIV/Aids themselves. EPA/NIC BOTHMA
Nic Bothma, European Pressphoto Agency
Chinese aids activists hand out condoms in a subway station in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province on December 1, 2014. The World Health Organization issued a call to action to China on December 1, 2014 over HIV/AIDS as government figures said nearly half a million people are living with the disease or its precursor, with hundreds of thousands more thought to be undiagnosed. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTOSTR/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 535794766
Chinese aids activists hand out condoms in a subway station in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province on December 1, 2014. The World Health Organization issued a call to action to China on December 1, 2014 over HIV/AIDS as government figures said nearly half a million people are living with the disease or its precursor, with hundreds of thousands more thought to be undiagnosed. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTOSTR/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 535794766
AFP/Getty Images
epa04510441 A Bangladeshi transexual attends a rally on the occasion of the World Aids Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 01 December 2014. According to latest government figures, a total of 3,241 HIV-positive patients have been identified in Bangladesh since 1989, among who 1,299 became AIDS patients and 472 died while the UN estimates the number to be between even higher, between 8,000 and 16,000. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH ORG XMIT: AAA01
epa04510441 A Bangladeshi transexual attends a rally on the occasion of the World Aids Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 01 December 2014. According to latest government figures, a total of 3,241 HIV-positive patients have been identified in Bangladesh since 1989, among who 1,299 became AIDS patients and 472 died while the UN estimates the number to be between even higher, between 8,000 and 16,000. EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH ORG XMIT: AAA01
Abir Abdullah, European Pressphoto Agency
A volunteer pins a red ribbon on a sex worker during an AIDS awareness event in the red light area on World AIDS Day in Mumbai, India, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. World AIDS Day is marked on Dec. 1 every year to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) ORG XMIT: DEL135
A volunteer pins a red ribbon on a sex worker during an AIDS awareness event in the red light area on World AIDS Day in Mumbai, India, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. World AIDS Day is marked on Dec. 1 every year to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) ORG XMIT: DEL135
Rafiq Maqbool, AP
epa04510672 An oversized condom stands in the city center of Hanover, Germany, 01 December 2014. The German Foundation for World Population set up the 9-meter tall condom for World Aids Day. The action is meant to raise awareness about the lack of contraceptives in developing countries. EPA/JULIAN STRATENSCHULTE ORG XMIT: jst110
epa04510672 An oversized condom stands in the city center of Hanover, Germany, 01 December 2014. The German Foundation for World Population set up the 9-meter tall condom for World Aids Day. The action is meant to raise awareness about the lack of contraceptives in developing countries. EPA/JULIAN STRATENSCHULTE ORG XMIT: jst110
Julian Stratenschulte, European Pressphoto Agency
An activist shows a red ribbon, the symbol of HIV/AIDS awareness, during a campaign in Surabaya on December 1, 2014. Indonesia had an HIV/AIDS incidence or number of cases of some 45,000 in 2013 and 14,400 deaths that same year. according to a study by the US-based Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation published on September in the British medical journal the Lancet. AFP PHOTO / JUNI KRISWANTOJUNI KRISWANTO/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 535794236
An activist shows a red ribbon, the symbol of HIV/AIDS awareness, during a campaign in Surabaya on December 1, 2014. Indonesia had an HIV/AIDS incidence or number of cases of some 45,000 in 2013 and 14,400 deaths that same year. according to a study by the US-based Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation published on September in the British medical journal the Lancet. AFP PHOTO / JUNI KRISWANTOJUNI KRISWANTO/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 535794236
Juni Kriswanto, AFP/Getty Images
Indian social activists and children release ribbons and balloons during an event to mark World AIDS Day in Kolkata on December 1, 2014. According to the UN AIDS programme, India had the third-largest number of people living with HIV in the world at the end of 2013 and it accounts for more than half of all AIDS-related deaths in the Asia-Pacific region. In 2012, 140,000 people died in India because of AIDS. The Indian government has been providing free antiretroviral drugs for HIV treatment since 2004, but only 50 percent of those eligible for the treatment were getting it in 2012, according to a report by the World Health Organisation. AFP PHOTO/Dibyangshu SARKARDIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 535798473
Indian social activists and children release ribbons and balloons during an event to mark World AIDS Day in Kolkata on December 1, 2014. According to the UN AIDS programme, India had the third-largest number of people living with HIV in the world at the end of 2013 and it accounts for more than half of all AIDS-related deaths in the Asia-Pacific region. In 2012, 140,000 people died in India because of AIDS. The Indian government has been providing free antiretroviral drugs for HIV treatment since 2004, but only 50 percent of those eligible for the treatment were getting it in 2012, according to a report by the World Health Organisation. AFP PHOTO/Dibyangshu SARKARDIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 535798473
Dibyangshu Sarkar, AFP/Getty Images
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