World AIDS Day 2014
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 program, 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.
Since 1987 people around the world have marked Dec.1 as a day to raise awareness for HIV/AIDS.
Guatemala
Relatives of victims of HIV/AIDS attend a vigil on December 1, 2014 in Guatemala City to mark World AIDS Day.
Thailand
A terminally ill patient raises his arm in a hospice for those dying of AIDS at the Buddhist temple Wat Prabat Nampu in Lopburi province, north of Bangkok Nov. 30, 2014.
Since 1992, the temple has provided housing for HIV positive patients and palliative care for those in the final stages of the AIDS disease. December 1 is World AIDS Day.
Thailand
Terminally ill patients rest in their beds in a hospice for those dying of AIDS at the Buddhist temple Wat Prabat Nampu in Lopburi province, north of Bangkok November 30, 2014.
Since 1992, the temple has provided housing for HIV positive patients and palliative care for those in the final stages of the AIDS disease.
Thailand
A patient rests in his bed in a hospice for those suffering from AIDS at the Buddhist temple Wat Prabat Nampu in Lopburi province, north of Bangkok, Nov. 30, 2014.
Brazil
Red balloons are released to mark World Aids Day at the Emilio Ribas Hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Dec. 1, 2014.
The world has finally reached "the beginning of the end" of the AIDS pandemic that has infected and killed millions in the past 30 years, according to a leading campaign group fighting HIV. United Nations data show that in 2013, 35 million people were living with HIV, 2.1 million people were newly infected with the virus and some 1.5 million people died of AIDS. By far the greatest part of the HIV/AIDS burden is in sub-Saharan Africa.
India
Girls perform a traditional dance in an alley during an HIV/AIDS awareness program on the eve of World AIDS Day in Kolkata, Nov. 30, 2014.
South Africa
Nine-year-old Tumelo shows off antiretroviral (ARV) pills before taking his medication at Nkosi's Haven, south of Johannesburg, Nov. 28, 2014.
Nkosi's Haven provides residential care for destitute HIV-positive mothers and their children, whether HIV-positive or not. Nkosi's Haven is named after Nkosi Johnson, the young AIDS activist who passed away on International Children's Day on June 1, 2001.
South Africa
A taxi driver is given condoms by a member of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) as they campaign for safe sex in Daveyton, outside Johannesburg, Nov. 27, 2014. The activists on the streets of Daveyton want to educate people about how HIV is spread and most importantly, how it can be prevented.
New York
Chris Martin performs with U2 during a surprise concert in support of World AIDS Day in Times Square in New York, Dec. 1, 2014.
New York
Bruce Springsteen, left, performs with Adam Clayton of U2 during a surprise concert in support of World AIDS Day in Times Square in New York Dec. 1, 2014.
Springsteen filled in for U2's injured lead singer Bono on Monday evening.