World AIDS Day 2009

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World AIDS Day 2009

Photos from events honoring World AIDS Day 2009.

People light candles in the shape of a red ribbon, the symbol of the AIDS awareness campaign, during a rally to mark World AIDS Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.

Workers remove the 5,000 crosses which were put on Museum Square to mark World AIDS Day in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday Dec. 1, 2009. The crosses, planted to look like a cemetery, symbolize the millions of Africans who die of AIDS for lack of access to proper health care and medication.

People demonstrate to mark World AIDS Day in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. The placards read: "Everyone has the right to treatment."

A woman passes "HIV+" written upside-down on a graffiti wall on World AIDS Day in Johannesburg Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. There has been a strong drive by businesses and the public and private sectors to create an awareness of HIV and AIDS in a country that has more affected people than any other.

Pakistani eunuchs light candles during a rally to mark World AIDS Day in Karachi, Pakistan on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.

South African President Jacob Zuma at a World AIDS Day address in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. Zuma said that South Africa will treat all HIV-positive babies and expand testing, a dramatic and eagerly awaited shift in a country that has more people living with HIV than any other.

A giant banner with the AIDS awareness red ribbon is displayed on World AIDS Day at the European Commission building in Brussels, Wednesday Dec. 1, 2009.

An Indonesian man touches a red ribbon, the symbol of the AIDS awareness campaign, made of red candles during a rally to mark World AIDS Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.

Indonesia's students hold lanterns during a rally to mark World AIDS Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.

U.N. organization employees form a red ribbon to mark the World AIDS Day at the Place de la Nation, outside the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.

Sri Lankan volunteers light candles in front of a portrait of Sri Lankan doctor Kamalika Abeyratne, who died of AIDS, during a candlelight vigil to commemorate World Aids Day in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.

The statue of the Republic square is covered in a red ribbon, in Paris, Tuesday Dec. 1, 2009, by French HIV/AIDS activists to mark World AIDS Day.

Chinese tug at a volunteer dressed as a red ribbon for a snap shot during an AIDS awareness event to mark World AIDS Day in Beijing on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.

A hemophiliac wearing a face mask bearing the words "Blood products infect us with AIDS" cries while she with others take center stage during an AIDS awareness event on the World AIDS Day held at the Beijing's south railway station, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.

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People light candles in the shape of a red ribbon, the symbol of the AIDS awareness campaign, during a rally to mark World AIDS Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009.

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