Images: World AIDS Day
An Indian sex worker plays with a child during a World AIDS Day function in a red light area in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. The World Health Organization established World AIDS Day in 1988 to further global awareness and put a focus on prevention.
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Musicians Bono, right, and Alicia Keys take part in a panel discussion on World AIDS Day, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, at George Washington University in Washington.
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Daniel Villa of Los Angeles lights candles along a walkway at the National AIDS Memorial Grove on World AIDS Day in San Francisco, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011.
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Wind blows through participants red ponchos as they walk onto a field before attempting to assemble the worlds largest human AIDS ribbon on World AIDS Day in Baltimore, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. Organizers estimated that 1,000 people participated in the event, short of their goal of 4,000.
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Rebecca Flaig of Goochland, Va., left, and Ryan Jung of Richmond hold their umbrellas aloft as part of the World AIDS Day event on Browns Island in Richmond, Va. on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. A sea of red umbrellas, in the form of a giant red ribbon, were displayed for 9.5 minutes.
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A chorus group members walk in to the stage of an AIDS awareness event held by local community on the International AIDS Day Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 in Shanghai, China.
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A mural in the shape of a tree is seen with the names of people who have died at the Hillcrest Aids Center Trust care center, situated at Hillcrest, on the outskirts of the city of Durban, South Africa, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011.
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Former President George W. Bush is seen an a large video screen as he speaks to the audience via satellite from Tanzania during a World AIDS Day event at George Washington University in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011.
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A man walks past near the AIDS letters, made by condoms, during an AIDS awareness campaign to increase awareness of the sexually-transmitted fatal disease in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011.
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Kirk Linn-DeGrassi, right, casts a shadow while lighting a candle to be placed onto the names engraved on the Circle of Friends at the National AIDS Memorial Grove on World AIDS Day in San Francisco, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011.
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Carlin Holden places a red ribbon beside The Falls which were recently restored at the National AIDS Memorial Grove on World AIDS Day in San Francisco, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011.
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A medical doctor tells on AIDS to guests during an AIDS awareness event held by local community on the International AIDS Day Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 in Shanghai, China.
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Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent, right, stands with Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., after a panel discussion on World AIDS Day, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, at George Washington University in Washington.
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A Nepalese child lights candles in front of a painting that depicts the Nepal map with a red ribbon, at an event to mark World AIDS Day in Katmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. World AIDS Day is marked across the world on Dec. 1. The World Health Organization established World AIDS Day in 1988 to further global awareness and put a focus on prevention.
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An unidentified man speaks with a sex worker during a World AIDS Day function in the red light area in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. The World Health Organization established World AIDS Day in 1988 to further global awareness and put a focus on prevention.
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Carlin Holden places a red ribbon beside The Falls which were recently restored at the National AIDS Memorial Grove on World AIDS Day in San Francisco, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011.
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President Barack Obama makes remarks on World AIDS Day at George Washington University on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 in Washington.
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This frame grab image supplied by Discovery Global Education Partnership shows a scene from the film Inside Story: The Science of HIV/AIDS illustrates how one couple can cross infect more people as the HIV virus gets transmitted through unprotected sex. The film, premiering on World AIDS Day, mixes action and animation and takes viewers inside a soccer players body, showing how he become infected with HIV and spreads the virus.
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A group of nurses attend an AIDS awareness event held by local community on the International AIDS Day Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 in Shanghai, China.
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Indian school children make a formation in the shape of the red ribbon, the universal symbol of awareness and support for those living with HIV, in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. World AIDS Day is marked across the world on Dec. 1.
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President Barack Obama greets U2 front man Bono, center, and Muhtar Kent, chairman of the Board and chief executive officer of The Coca-Cola Company, right, after speaking during a World AIDS Day event at George Washington University in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011.
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Participants in red ponchos walk out of a basketball arena to a field before attempting to assemble the worlds largest human AIDS ribbon on World AIDS Day at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. Organizers estimated that 1,000 people participated in the event, short of their goal of 4,000.
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Musicians Bono, right, Alicia Keys, center, and others, take part in a panel discussion on World AIDS Day, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, at George Washington University in Washington.
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