Photos: World AIDS Day

This picture taken on November 30, 2015 shows volunteers holding red ribbons above a piece of paper written in Chinese that reads ‘’Red ribbons bring warmth to everyone to prevent AIDS” during an event for World Aids Day in Chongqing.

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Dec. 1, 2015 9:06 AM PT

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World AIDS Day is observed every December 1st with calls from international health and advocacy organizations for the public to get involved in programs for awareness, prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS. The number of HIV-positive people with access to AIDS medicines has jumped to 41 percent in the past five years, the United Nations said.

Pakistani people hold placards as they attend a rally to create awareness amongst masses, on the World AIDS day in Peshawar, Pakistan on December 1, 2015.

(ARSHAD ARBAB / EPA)

HIV activists, dressed up like skeletons, carry placards during a demonstration demanding from the government, the reviving the focus on India’s AIDS program, in New Delhi, India, on December 1, 2015 on the occasion of World AIDS Day.

(STR / EPA)

Indonesian students burn the candles as they mark the World AIDS Day in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, on December 1, 2015.

(FULLY HANDOKO / EPA)

People hold posters that read in Spanish: “World AIDS Day. HIV: State Agreement. More than enough reasons” during a gathering to mark World AIDS Day in Madrid, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015.

(Francisco Seco / AP)

A couple passes by the red ribbon, the international symbol for AIDS awareness, on the stairs during a campaign to mark World AIDS Day in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015.

(Ahn Young-joon / AP)

The red ribbon, the international symbol for AIDS awareness highlighted on the skyscrapers in Arbat street during a campaign to mark World AIDS Day in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015.

(Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP)

Participants of the youth division of the Hungarian Red Cross hold up a huge version of the iconic red ribbon that symbolizes fight against AIDS as they mark the World AIDS Day in a shopping mall of Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015.

(Balazs Mohai / AP)

Two Thousand candles were lit on World AIDS Day in Copenhagen on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015.

(Jens Dresling / AP)

A man lays flowers at the memorial monument dedicated to AIDS victims, to mark the ‘World AIDS Day’ and in memory of those who have died of AIDS in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015.

(Efrem Lukatsky / AP)

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