Heroin addict shooting up
A microscopic image of the AIDS virus
Prostitutes in a Cambodian brothel
Soldiers view a Thai AIDS victim
Long lines at an African AIDS clinic
A doctor examines an AIDS patient
A scientist samples chimpanzee hair and blood
An AIDS patient's weekly dose of testosterone
An AIDS hospice in Milan, Italy
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Heroin AddictVitaly Melnikov, a 29-year-old Russian heroin addict, shoots up in a Moscow apartment. He learned to use clean needles in a Doctors Without Borders risk-reduction program aimed at lowering the numbers of people passing disease through dirty needles.
Photograph by Karen Kasmauski

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