World AIDS Day 2009

Students and others participate in a candlelight vigil during an awareness rally on HIV and AIDS, marking World AIDS Day, in Bangalore, India, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. Nearly 2.5 million people in India are infected with HIV, the AIDS virus, but talking about the disease and sexual health issues in general is still largely taboo.

Credit: AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi

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