World comes together on AIDS Day

Volunteers stand with placards beside a huge red ribbon lighted with lamps during an awareness rally on AIDS day on the banks of the Ganges River in Kolkata, India (AP Photo)

A board with a ribbon and red finger prints stands to mark World AIDS Day in Madrid, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 (AP Photo)

A woman holds baskets with red ribbons, center, and prophylactics during a demonstration on the World Aids Day, in Pamplona northern Spain (AP Photo)

Two thousand candles lit on World AIDS Day in Copenhagen on Tuesday (AP Photo)

Red ribbons hang on Alcala's door, one of Madrid's main monuments, to mark World AIDS Day in Madrid, on Tuesdy (AP Photo)

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during an event on World AIDS Day at the Apollo Theater in New York. The state is said to dedicate $200 million more to its $2.5 billion effort to end the AIDS epidemic by 2020 (AP Photo)

Carmen Carrera features characters by the artist Keith Haring during an event on World AIDS Day New York (AP Photo)

Members of the NYC Gay Men's Choir sing a list displaying names of people who died from AIDS/HIV is projected on the wall during an event on World AIDS Day in New York, on Tuesday (AP Photo)