Students of Hefei University of Technology hold placards during an AIDS awareness campaign on the eve of the World AIDS Day in Hefei, East China's Anhui province, November 30, 2009. The Chinese characters on the placard read "I am an AIDS patient, can you give me a hug?" [CFP]

Passers-by hug students of Hefei University of Technology during an AIDS awareness campaign on the eve of the World AIDS Day in Hefei, East China's Anhui province, November 30, 2009. The Chinese characters on the placard read "I am an AIDS patient, can you give me a hug?" [CFP]