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Some 200 volunteers join their hands, one day head of the World AIDS Day, in front of the National Taiwan Museum in Taipei on November 30, 2010. - Photo by AFP.
Some 200 volunteers join their hands, one day head of the World AIDS Day, in front of the National Taiwan Museum in Taipei on November 30, 2010. - Photo by AFP.
The southern pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge is lit up in red, on November 30, 2010. - Photo by AFP.
The southern pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge is lit up in red, on November 30, 2010. - Photo by AFP.
U2 front man, Bono (2nd R) poses for photographers with fellow band members, The Edge (R) and Adam Clayton (L), Australia's Prime Minister, Julia Gillard (3rd L), New South Wales state Premier Kristina Keneally (2nd L) and Chair of Pacific Friends of the Global Fund Wendy McCarthy (3rd R) at an event to launch World Aids Day in Sydney November 30, 2010. - Photo by Reuters.
U2 front man, Bono (2nd R) poses for photographers with fellow band members, The Edge (R) and Adam Clayton (L), Australia's Prime Minister, Julia Gillard (3rd L), New South Wales state Premier Kristina Keneally (2nd L) and Chair of Pacific Friends of the Global Fund Wendy McCarthy (3rd R) at an event to launch World Aids Day in Sydney November 30, 2010. - Photo by Reuters.
The Sydney Opera House sails and the Sydney Harbour Bridge pylons are turned red as part of the ?RED? campaign against AIDS in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. - Photo by AP.
The Sydney Opera House sails and the Sydney Harbour Bridge pylons are turned red as part of the ?RED? campaign against AIDS in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. - Photo by AP.
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, middle school students sign their names on a banner printed with patterns of red ribbon during a publicity activity on AIDS prevention in Tancheng Town of Linyi City, east China's Shandong Province, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, a day ahead of the World AIDS Day. - Photo by AP.
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, middle school students sign their names on a banner printed with patterns of red ribbon during a publicity activity on AIDS prevention in Tancheng Town of Linyi City, east China's Shandong Province, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, a day ahead of the World AIDS Day. - Photo by AP.
Activists from a non-governmental organisation (NGO) light candles during an AIDS awareness campaign ahead of World AIDS Day in Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura, November 30, 2010. - Photo by Reuters.
Activists from a non-governmental organisation (NGO) light candles during an AIDS awareness campaign ahead of World AIDS Day in Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura, November 30, 2010. - Photo by Reuters.
Pedestrians pass a wall mural, promoting safe sex in Soweto, South Africa, on the eve of World AIDS Day, Tuesday Nov. 30, 2010. South Africa's health minister is increasingly concerned at the cost of coping with AIDS in the country with more HIV-positive citizens than any other. - Photo by AP.
Pedestrians pass a wall mural, promoting safe sex in Soweto, South Africa, on the eve of World AIDS Day, Tuesday Nov. 30, 2010. South Africa's health minister is increasingly concerned at the cost of coping with AIDS in the country with more HIV-positive citizens than any other. - Photo by AP.
A red ribbon hangs from the the North Portico of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov., 30, 2010, to commemorate World Aids Day. - Photo by AP.
A red ribbon hangs from the the North Portico of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov., 30, 2010, to commemorate World Aids Day. - Photo by AP.
Red Ribbon HIV/AIDS awareness banners and leaflets are seen during a press conference at the Ministry of Public Health in Kabul on World AIDS Day on December 1, 2010. - Photo by AFP.
Red Ribbon HIV/AIDS awareness banners and leaflets are seen during a press conference at the Ministry of Public Health in Kabul on World AIDS Day on December 1, 2010. - Photo by AFP.
Indian schoolchildren hold placards during an AIDS awareness rally on World AIDS Day in Amritsar on December 1, 2010. The UNAIDS agency says some 2.5 million Indians are living with HIV, many of them ostracised by their communities. - Photo by AFP.
Indian schoolchildren hold placards during an AIDS awareness rally on World AIDS Day in Amritsar on December 1, 2010. The UNAIDS agency says some 2.5 million Indians are living with HIV, many of them ostracised by their communities. - Photo by AFP.
Pakistani eunuchs chant slogans during a rally to mark World AIDS Day in Karachi on December 1, 2010. Pakistan's Sindh province is home to a total of 3,437 HIV positive people, including 30 children, 179 women and 3,228 men besides 192 people suffering from AIDS, a provincial AIDS Control Programme official said. - Photo by AFP.
Pakistani eunuchs chant slogans during a rally to mark World AIDS Day in Karachi on December 1, 2010. Pakistan's Sindh province is home to a total of 3,437 HIV positive people, including 30 children, 179 women and 3,228 men besides 192 people suffering from AIDS, a provincial AIDS Control Programme official said. - Photo by AFP.
Pakistani nurses chant slogans during a rally to mark World AIDS Day in Karachi on December 1, 2010. Pakistan's Sindh province is home to a total of 3,437 HIV positive people, including 30 children, 179 women and 3,228 men besides 192 people suffering from AIDS, a provincial AIDS Control Programme official said. - Photo by AFP.
Pakistani nurses chant slogans during a rally to mark World AIDS Day in Karachi on December 1, 2010. Pakistan's Sindh province is home to a total of 3,437 HIV positive people, including 30 children, 179 women and 3,228 men besides 192 people suffering from AIDS, a provincial AIDS Control Programme official said. - Photo by AFP.
A Sri Lankan man walks past an exhibition to commemorate World AIDS day in Colombo on December 1, 2010. According to Health Department figures, just over 300 Sri Lankans have been detected to have HIV AIDS since 2005. For the six months to June 2010, the figure stands at 48. The number of Sri Lankan HIV/AIDS cases are still low, but extensive HIV risk factors are prevalent. - Photo by AFP.
A Sri Lankan man walks past an exhibition to commemorate World AIDS day in Colombo on December 1, 2010. According to Health Department figures, just over 300 Sri Lankans have been detected to have HIV AIDS since 2005. For the six months to June 2010, the figure stands at 48. The number of Sri Lankan HIV/AIDS cases are still low, but extensive HIV risk factors are prevalent. - Photo by AFP.
Health workers and students hold balloons as they stage a march through the Philippine capital to spread awareness about AIDS during the World AIDS day in Manila December 1, 2010. - Photo by Reuters.
Health workers and students hold balloons as they stage a march through the Philippine capital to spread awareness about AIDS during the World AIDS day in Manila December 1, 2010. - Photo by Reuters.
Turkish activists perform on December 1, 2010 during a World AIDS Day rally in the center of Istanbul. A top UN expert said on November 30 that complacency among young people is causing a new surge of the AIDS epidemic in the United States and European nations like Britain and Germany. - Photo by AFP.
Turkish activists perform on December 1, 2010 during a World AIDS Day rally in the center of Istanbul. A top UN expert said on November 30 that complacency among young people is causing a new surge of the AIDS epidemic in the United States and European nations like Britain and Germany. - Photo by AFP.

More than 80 iconic landmarks across 13 countries will illuminate across each time zone, to help promote awareness of the ongoing fight against the AIDS epidemic by turning red to mark World AIDS Day which happens on December 1. The UN said on November 23 that the number of new cases of HIV/AIDS has dropped by about one-fifth over the past decade but millions of people are still missing out on major progress in prevention and treatment. About 33.3 million people worldwide were living with the HIV virus that causes AIDS at the end of last year -- about 100,000 less than in 2008.

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