دانشمندان، قانونگذاران، نمايندگان، فعالان حقوق بيماران، و مبتلايان به بيماری ايدز در بزرگترين کنفرانس بين المللی ايدز در واشنگتن گرد هم آمدند.
نوزدهمين کنفرانس بين المللی ايدز
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A woman looks out over the AIDS Memorial Quilt, which is now in its 25th year, on the National Mall in Washington July 24, 2012.
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New Miss World, Megan Young (C) from the Philippines is crowned by outgoing Miss World Yu Wenxia after winning the crown as first runner up, Marine Lorphelin (L) of France and second runner up Carranzar Naa Okailey (R) from Ghana look on during the Miss World 2013 finals in Nusa Dua, in Indonesia's resort island of Bali.
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Sir Elton John speaks at conference, July 23, 2012, in Washington.
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A display is set up in the Convention Center by The CONDOMIZE! Campaign. The campaign is a joint program of the United Nations Population Fund; its goals are to de-stigmatize and encourage access to condoms around the world. (Alison Klein/VOA)
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2,000 journalists were expected to cover the AIDS conference. (Alison Klein/VOA)
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A translation booth is set up which enables live translated versions of speeches to be recorded and broadcast throughout the building. There are booths for Arabic, Chinese, Russian, French, and Spanish; the Spanish booth is pictured. (Alison Klein/VOA)
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The Orphan Tower, a tower of small beaded cloth dolls, is set up at the AIDS conference. The tower signifies the number of young children orphaned by AIDS in South Africa -- the current number is 3.7 million. (Alison Klein/VOA)
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International attendees line up to obtain cell phones at the Washington Convention Center, July 23, 2012. (Alison Klein/VOA)