Philippines

Filipinos carry placards and AIDS symbols as they march towards the Heroes Shrine at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines, to mark World AIDS Day Saturday Dec. 1, 2012. The activists were calling for increased awareness to the rising number of HIV infections and AIDS-related cases and called on the government and other sectors to help break the social stigma brought about by the disease.

Credit: AP Photo/Bullit Marquez