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ATTENTION EDITORS – PICTURE 5 OF 16 FOR PACKAGE ‘SAFEDOM CONDOMS’ A worker watches condoms on a production line at the Chinese condom manufacturer Safedom’s factory in the town of Zhaoyuan, located 100 kn (62 miles) south of the city of Yantai, Shandong Province February 6, 2012. Safedom turned its back on the low-margin, guaranteed-business sales to the Chinese government’s family planning program 11 months ago, and decided to shift to where the money is: the higher end of the general public market. Claiming to be the fourth-largest condom maker in China by revenue, after three foreign brands, they are hoping to sell one billion condoms this year with the launch of its Take Me condom, aimed at women consumers. Picture taken February 6, 2012. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA – Tags: BUSINESS HEALTH SOCIETY)

Tras mi apuesta del día antes de San Valentín en que dedicaba un post a la fabricación de muñecas hinchables en China, he decidido mostrar este trabajo de Reuters en el que se muestra el proceso en una fábrica de condones en ese mismo país. No hay ninguna duda de que los condones también pegan mucho con este romántico 14 de febrero y hago un llamamiento a su utilización en este día señalado como método de lucha contra las enfermedades de transmisión sexual, en especial el devastador VIH. Aunque hay que tener en cuenta que este reportaje nos ha llegado para ilustrar el aniversario del plan de planificación familiar aprobado por el gobierno chino y cómo ha afectado a la industria del condón. Toda relación con el día de San Valentín es pura coincidencia.

Este post también sirve como ejemplo de reportaje estándar de prensa como lo era la anterior entrega “Una fábrica de muñecas hinchables”. Os muestro todas las fotos que ha enviado la agencia con su pie original. Así podéis ver un típico encargo y cómo finaliza el fotoperiodista. En el ejemplo de hoy también os incluyo el aviso que envia la agencia Reuters para alertar a los editores abonados de que se comienza a enviar el paquete… de imágenes claro.

ATTENTION EDITORS – 16 PICTURES FOR PICTURE PACKAGE ‘SAFEDOM CONDOMS’ WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW THIS ADVISORY. TO FIND ALL PICTURES SEARCH ‘SAFEDOM’ Pictures of workers at the Chinese condom manufacturer Safedom’s factory in the town of Zhaoyuan, located 100 kilometers south of the city of Yantai, Shandong Province February 6, 2012. Safedom turned its back on the low-margin, guaranteed-business sales to the Chinese government’s family planning program 11 months ago, and decided to shift to where the money is: the higher end of the general public market. Claiming to be the fourth-largest condom maker in China by revenue, after three foreign brands, they are hoping to sell one billion condoms this year with the launch of its Take Me condom, aimed at women consumers. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA – Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH BUSINESS)

ATTENTION EDITORS – PICTURE 4 OF 16 FOR PACKAGE ‘SAFEDOM CONDOMS’ A worker can be seen through a window preparing to remove condoms from a sterilising machine at the Chinese condom manufacturer Safedom’s factory in the town of Zhaoyuan, located 100 km (62 miles) south of the city of Yantai, Shandong Province February 6, 2012. Safedom turned its back on the low-margin, guaranteed-business sales to the Chinese government’s family planning program 11 months ago, and decided to shift to where the money is: the higher end of the general public market. Claiming to be the fourth-largest condom maker in China by revenue, after three foreign brands, they are hoping to sell one billion condoms this year with the launch of its Take Me condom, aimed at women consumers. Picture taken February 6, 2012. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA – Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH BUSINESS)

ATTENTION EDITORS – PICTURE 3 OF 16 FOR PACKAGE ‘SAFEDOM CONDOMS’ A worker places condoms onto a production line at the Chinese condom manufacturer Safedom’s factory in the town of Zhaoyuan, located 100 km (62 miles) south of the city of Yantai, Shandong Province February 6, 2012. Safedom turned its back on the low-margin, guaranteed-business sales to the Chinese government’s family planning program 11 months ago, and decided to shift to where the money is: the higher end of the general public market. Claiming to be the fourth-largest condom maker in China by revenue, after three foreign brands, they are hoping to sell one billion condoms this year with the launch of its Take Me condom, aimed at women consumers. Picture taken February 6, 2012. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA – Tags: BUSINESS HEALTH SOCIETY)

ATTENTION EDITORS – PICTURE 11 OF 16 FOR PACKAGE ‘SAFEDOM CONDOMS’ A worker removes condoms from a sterilising machine at the Chinese condom manufacturer Safedom factory in Zhaoyuan, 100 km (62 miles) south of Yantai, in Shandong Province February 6, 2012. Safedom turned its back on the low-margin, guaranteed-business sales to the Chinese government’s family planning program 11 months ago, and decided to shift to where the money is: the higher end of the general public market. Claiming to be the fourth-largest condom maker in China by revenue, after three foreign brands, they are hoping to sell one billion condoms this year with the launch of its Take Me condom, aimed at women consumers. Picture taken February 6, 2012. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA – Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH BUSINESS)

ATTENTION EDITORS – PICTURE 10 OF 16 FOR PACKAGE ‘SAFEDOM CONDOMS’ A worker checks condoms as he removes them from a sterilising machine at the Chinese condom manufacturer Safedom factory in Zhaoyuan, 100 km (62 miles) south of Yantai, in Shandong Province February 6, 2012. Safedom turned its back on the low-margin, guaranteed-business sales to the Chinese government’s family planning program 11 months ago, and decided to shift to where the money is: the higher end of the general public market. Claiming to be the fourth-largest condom maker in China by revenue, after three foreign brands, they are hoping to sell one billion condoms this year with the launch of its Take Me condom, aimed at women consumers. Picture taken February 6, 2012. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA – Tags: BUSINESS HEALTH SOCIETY)

ATTENTION EDITORS – PICTURE 14 OF 16 FOR PACKAGE ‘SAFEDOM CONDOMS’ A worker at the factory of Chinese condom manufacturer Safedom places condoms onto a production line belt in the town of in Zhaoyuan, 100 km (62 miles) south of Yantai, in Shandong Province February 6, 2012. Safedom turned its back on the low-margin, guaranteed-business sales to the Chinese government’s family planning program 11 months ago, and decided to shift to where the money is: the higher end of the general public market. Claiming to be the fourth-largest condom maker in China by revenue, after three foreign brands, they are hoping to sell one billion condoms this year with the launch of its Take Me condom, aimed at women consumers. Picture taken February 6, 2012. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA – Tags: BUSINESS HEALTH SOCIETY)

ATTENTION EDITORS – PICTURE 12 OF 16 FOR PACKAGE ‘SAFEDOM CONDOMS’ Workers at the factory of Chinese condom manufacturer Safedom look at a production line belt at their factory in Zhaoyuan, 100 km (62 miles) south of Yantai, in Shandong Province February 6, 2012. Safedom turned its back on the low-margin, guaranteed-business sales to the Chinese government’s family planning program 11 months ago, and decided to shift to where the money is: the higher end of the general public market. Claiming to be the fourth-largest condom maker in China by revenue, after three foreign brands, they are hoping to sell one billion condoms this year with the launch of its Take Me condom, aimed at women consumers. Picture taken February 6, 2012. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA – Tags: BUSINESS HEALTH SOCIETY)

ATTENTION EDITORS – PICTURE 8 OF 16 FOR PACKAGE ‘SAFEDOM CONDOMS’ A worker watches as condoms are inflated and then burst in a testing room in the factory of Chinese condom manufacturer Safedom in Zhaoyuan, 100 km (62 miles) south of Yantai, in Shandong Province February 6, 2012. Safedom turned its back on the low-margin, guaranteed-business sales to the Chinese government’s family planning program 11 months ago, and decided to shift to where the money is: the higher end of the general public market. Claiming to be the fourth-largest condom maker in China by revenue, after three foreign brands, they are hoping to sell one billion condoms this year with the launch of its Take Me condom, aimed at women consumers. Picture taken February 6, 2012. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA – Tags: BUSINESS HEALTH SOCIETY)

ATTENTION EDITORS – PICTURE 15 OF 16 FOR PACKAGE ‘SAFEDOM CONDOMS’ A worker at the factory of Chinese condom manufacturer Safedom watches a machine turn on the production line in the town of Zhaoyuan, 100 km (62 miles) south of Yantai, in Shandong Province February 6, 2012. Safedom turned its back on the low-margin, guaranteed-business sales to the Chinese government’s family planning program 11 months ago, and decided to shift to where the money is: the higher end of the general public market. Claiming to be the fourth-largest condom maker in China by revenue, after three foreign brands, they are hoping to sell one billion condoms this year with the launch of its Take Me condom, aimed at women consumers. Picture taken February 6, 2012. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA – Tags: BUSINESS HEALTH SOCIETY)

ATTENTION EDITORS – PICTURE 7 OF 16 FOR PACKAGE ‘SAFEDOM CONDOMS’ Workers at the factory of Chinese condom manufacturer Safedom place condoms onto a production line belt at a factory in Zhaoyuan, 100 km (62 miles) south of Yantai, in Shandong Province February 6, 2012. Safedom turned its back on the low-margin, guaranteed-business sales to the Chinese government’s family planning program 11 months ago, and decided to shift to where the money is: the higher end of the general public market. Claiming to be the fourth-largest condom maker in China by revenue, after three foreign brands, they are hoping to sell one billion condoms this year with the launch of its Take Me condom, aimed at women consumers. Picture taken February 6, 2012. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA – Tags: BUSINESS HEALTH SOCIETY)

ATTENTION EDITORS – PICTURE 6 OF 16 FOR PACKAGE ‘SAFEDOM CONDOMS’ Researcher Wang Tingting gives a demonstration using coloured dyes that claims to show how Safedom’s condoms prevent the transmission of the Hepatitis B virus at a factory in Zhaoyuan, 100 km (62 miles) south of Yantai, in Shandong Province February 6, 2012. Safedom turned its back on the low-margin, guaranteed-business sales to the Chinese government’s family planning program 11 months ago, and decided to shift to where the money is: the higher end of the general public market. Claiming to be the fourth-largest condom maker in China by revenue, after three foreign brands, they are hoping to sell one billion condoms this year with the launch of its Take Me condom, aimed at women consumers. Picture taken February 6, 2012. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA – Tags: BUSINESS HEALTH SOCIETY)

ATTENTION EDITORS – PICTURE 9 OF 16 FOR PACKAGE ‘SAFEDOM CONDOMS’ A worker grabs a bundle of new packets as she places condoms onto a packaging belt at Chinese condom manufacturer Safedom’s factory in Zhaoyuan, 100 km (62 miles) south of Yantai, in Shandong Province February 6, 2012. Safedom turned its back on the low-margin, guaranteed-business sales to the Chinese government’s family planning program 11 months ago, and decided to shift to where the money is: the higher end of the general public market. Claiming to be the fourth-largest condom maker in China by revenue, after three foreign brands, they are hoping to sell one billion condoms this year with the launch of its Take Me condom, aimed at women consumers. Picture taken February 6, 2012. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA – Tags: BUSINESS HEALTH SOCIETY)

ATTENTION EDITORS – PICTURE 2 OF 16 FOR PACKAGE ‘SAFEDOM CONDOMS’ A worker places condoms onto a packaging belt at the Chinese condom manufacturer Safedom’s factory in the town of Zhaoyuan, located 100 km (62 miles) south of the city of Yantai, Shandong Province February 6, 2012. Safedom turned its back on the low-margin, guaranteed-business sales to the Chinese government’s family planning program 11 months ago, and decided to shift to where the money is: the higher end of the general public market. Claiming to be the fourth-largest condom maker in China by revenue, after three foreign brands, they are hoping to sell one billion condoms this year with the launch of its Take Me condom, aimed at women consumers. Picture taken February 6, 2012. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA – Tags: BUSINESS HEALTH SOCIETY)

ATTENTION EDITORS – PICTURE 13 OF 16 FOR PACKAGE ‘SAFEDOM CONDOMS’ An official looks through a window as workers remove condoms from a sterilising machine at the Chinese condom manufacturer Safedom factory in Zhaoyuan, 100 km (62 miles) south of Yantai, in Shandong Province February 6, 2012. Safedom turned its back on the low-margin, guaranteed-business sales to the Chinese government’s family planning program 11 months ago, and decided to shift to where the money is: the higher end of the general public market. Claiming to be the fourth-largest condom maker in China by revenue, after three foreign brands, they are hoping to sell one billion condoms this year with the launch of its Take Me condom, aimed at women consumers. Picture taken February 6, 2012. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA – Tags: BUSINESS HEALTH SOCIETY)

ATTENTION EDITORS – PICTURE 1 OF 16 FOR PACKAGE ‘SAFEDOM CONDOMS’ A worker places condoms onto a packaging belt at the Chinese condom manufacturer Safedom’s factory in the town of Zhaoyuan, located 100 km (62 miles) south of the city of Yantai, Shandong Province February 6, 2012. Safedom turned its back on the low-margin, guaranteed-business sales to the Chinese government’s family planning program 11 months ago, and decided to shift to where the money is: the higher end of the general public market. Claiming to be the fourth-largest condom maker in China by revenue, after three foreign brands, they are hoping to sell one billion condoms this year with the launch of its Take Me condom, aimed at women consumers. Picture taken February 6, 2012. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA – Tags: BUSINESS HEALTH SOCIETY)

ATTENTION EDITORS – PICTURE 16 OF 16 FOR PACKAGE ‘SAFEDOM CONDOMS’ Newly released boxes and tins containing condoms made by Chinese manufacturer Safedom, which are specifically aimed to attract female consumers, are seen in Beijing February 13, 2012. Safedom turned its back on the low-margin, guaranteed-business sales to the Chinese government’s family planning program 11 months ago, and decided to shift to where the money is: the higher end of the general public market. Claiming to be the fourth-largest condom maker in China by revenue, after three foreign brands, they are hoping to sell one billion condoms this year with the launch of its Take Me condom, aimed at women consumers. Picture taken February 13, 2012. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA – Tags: BUSINESS HEALTH SOCIETY)

MTI108 SALGOTARJAN (HUNGRÍA) 6/2/2012.- Imagen de un copo de nieve, en Salgotarjan, a 109 kms al noreste de Budapest, Hungrí­a, hoy, lunes, 6 de febrero de 2012. EFE/Peter Komka PROHIBIDO SU USO EN HUNGRÍA

Una ola de frío siberiano recorre Europa y comparto con vosotros esta edición gráfica con la nieve, el hielo y el frío como protagonista. En diciembre de 2010 ya hice otra edición sobre el mismo tema con el título de “La nieve cubre Europa”, si os quedáis con ganas de más nieve os lo recomiendo. También os invito a ver las ediciones gráficas sobre esta última ola de frío europea en The Big Picture de The Boston Globe y de In Focus de The Atlantic.

Two people walk through the snow-laden footpaths of Alexandra Park, north London on February 5, 2012. Heavy snow fell overnight across South East England, causing many roads to become blocked.  AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL

An advertising hoarding of the Osborne bull in Burgos peeks out the side of a snowy escarpment as snow hits northern Spain on February 5, 2012. The Arctic cold snap that has hit Europe for over a week had claimed nearly 300 lives today, brought air travel chaos to London and dumped snow as far south as Rome and even North Africa.  AFP PHOTO / CESAR MANSO

A warning sign is seen on top of the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort in the western Caucasian mountains near Krasnaya Polyana some 40 km outside of the Black Sea city of Sochi February 7, 2012. Rosa Khutor is hosting men’s and women’s downhill and super combined Alpine Skiing World Cup races over the next two weekend in preparation for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. The weather conditions of the Olympic skiing venues are maritime and very likely to be similar to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics in the Whistler mountains.       REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay  (RUSSIA – Tags: SPORT SKIING ENVIRONMENT)

A lion cub plays with a snowball at the Belgrade Zoo on February 5, 2012. In Serbia, almost 70,000 people are still cut off from their villages and 32 municipalities have declared a state of emergency, mostly in the south and southwest of the country. So far, nine people have died of cold in the country. The snow, which stopped falling early today, is expected to start again overnight, with temperatures falling below minus 10 degrees Celsius.  AFP PHOTO / ALEXA STANKOVIC

A man walks past an ice covered car on the frozen waterside promenade at Lake Geneva in the city Versoix, near Geneva on early February 5, 2012. The death toll from the vicious cold snap across Europe has risen to more than 260, with the winter misery set to hit thousands of those seeking to escape it as air traffic was hit.    AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI

A blue tit feeds in a garden covered by snow in Cesson-Sevigne, Western France on February 05, 2012.  AFP PHOTO DAMIEN MEYER

KLM planes are seen through a plane’s window during heavy snowfall at Schiphol airport on February 3, 2012 near Dutch capital Amsterdam. AFP PHOTO/ PATRICK BAZ

Gulls fly over a partly frozen lake in in Berlin on January 15, 2012. First snow of the year fell on the German capital, with temperatures around the freezing point.      AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE

A woman walks under snowfall on Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue on January 30, 2012. Heavy snowfall blanketed Turkey’s commercial hub Istanbul, a city of 15 million, paralysing daily life, disrupting air traffic and land transport. Officials said almost 200 flights were cancelled due to the snow expected to continue until late tomorrow, according to the weather forecast.    AFP PHOTO / MUSTAFA OZER

Sculptor Nenad Vuckovic puts the finishing touches to his snow sculpture, in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. Freezing weather is affecting huge areas of Europe disrupting traffic. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

A man protects himself with an umbrella as he walks on a street covered with snow in Pamplona, northern Spain, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012.  Freezing weather is affecting huge areas of Europe and the weeklong cold snap, the worst in decades in Eastern Europe, has killed more than a hundred people, many of them homeless, especially in countries such as Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Snow covered land is seen in the town of Alexandria, northern Greece, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012.  Europeans across the continent have been battling more than a week of extreme weather, with thousands still trapped by snow in remote mountain villages and some hundreds dead after temperatures hit as low as minus 33 Fahrenheit (minus 36 Celsius); and European authorities now facing the prospect of flooding caused by melting snow. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)

A skier passes a snow-covered field in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, on February 3, 2012. Temperatures plunged to new lows in Europe where a week-long cold snap has now claimed more than 220 lives and forecasters warned that the big freeze would tighten its grip at the weekend. AFP PHOTO/CHRISTOF STACHE

Precipitation drops are seen on a window as a man walks in a street in Kabul on January 22, 2012. The death toll from heavy snowfalls and avalanches rose to at least 28, an official said today. Dozens more people have been injured or are trapped in their homes under up to three metres 10 feet of snow in remote Badakhshan province, where main roads have been cut, making it difficult for rescue workers to reach affected villages. AFP PHOTO/ Qais Usyan

A fence is covered with snow after a heavy snowfall in the Northern Spanish Basque village of Izoria, on February 2, 2012.  A cold snap kept Europe in its icy grip, pushing the death toll to 160 as countries from Italy to Ukraine struggled to cope with temperatures that plunged to record lows in some places.  AFP PHOTO / RAFA RIVAS

An unidentified pedestrian walks a dog through snow covered woodland outside York, north eastern England, as freezing weather hits the country Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. Britain is digging out after heavy snow fell across the country, grounding planes and snarling roads and railways. Much of the U.K. remains under an amber warning _ the Met Office’s second most serious _ of icy conditions after up to 16 centimeters (6.3 inches) fell overnight. Some motorists spent the night in their cars amid treacherous highway conditions, and officials urged drivers on Sunday to stay off the icy roads. (AP Photo/PA, Anna Gowthorpe)  UNITED KINGDOM OUT  NO SALES  NO ARCHIVE

Several inches of snow is seen on top of a Royal Mail post box in London February 5, 2012. Heavy snow is forecast overnight across central and southern England, with a possibility of up to 15 cm (6 inches) could fall in the London area. Temperatures were also not expected to climb above minus 2 degrees Celsius (28 degrees Fahrenheit), leading to icy conditions. REUTERS/Russell Boyce (BRITAIN – Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

Snow covers boats on a frozen section of the Sava river in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Serbian emergency officials said the army will use explosives to break up ice on the Danube and Ibar rivers to try to prevent the possibility of flooding.  (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

A goose peers from its snow-covered cage at a park in Istanbul January 31, 2012. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY – Tags: ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

Drift ice floats on the river Elbe on February 5, 2012 in Magdeburg, eastern Germany. The Arctic cold snap that has hit Europe for over a week had claimed nearly 300 lives by February 5, 2012, brought air travel chaos to London and dumped snow as far south as Rome and even North Africa.     AFP PHOTO / JENS WOLF    GERMANY OUT

Police officers carry bags with their food for the day as they walk through a snow covered  Hampstead Heath in London at the start of their morning shift, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012.  (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

A rescue helicopter of the Helicopter Service RS, flies over an isolated village cut off by snow in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina February 6, 2012. Europe’s bitterly cold weather killed another 33 people on Monday, with Bosnia recording its eighth victim after an 87-year- old woman died of hypothermia. Farmers were having problems feeding cattle because of the snow and milk production had dropped by 15 to 30 percent in the country, the Bosnia’s farmers association said.  REUTERS/Dado Ruvic (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – Tags: ENVIRONMENT TRANSPORT)

A detail shows freshly fallen snow on the iron work of the Eiffel Tower in Paris as sub-freezing winter temperatures continue in Europe February 5, 2012.     REUTERS/John Schults (FRANCE – Tags: ENVIRONMENT TRAVEL)

A robin (Erithacus rubecula)  sits next to icicles in a park in Weimar, eastern Germany, Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012.  Europe was hit by a cold spell with temperatures plummeting far below the freezing point.  (AP Photo/dapd/Candy Welz)

A crucifix on the Taubenberg mountain in Warngau is covered with snow on February 2, 2012. Snow and temperatures close to -14 degrees Celsius (7 degrees Fahrenheit) have hit parts of southern Germany in the last few days. German met office DWD expected the icy high pressure front from northern Russia to last well into next week.  REUTERS/Michael Dalder   (GERMANY – Tags: RELIGION TRAVEL ENVIRONMENT)

A photo taken on February 4, 2012 shows people looking at the ancient forum in Rome after a snowfall. A rare mantle of snow blanketed the historic center of Rome on February 3, forcing the closure of schools and tourist sites such as the Colosseum.    The snow covered palm trees, ancient Roman ruins and Baroque churches across the normally mild-weather Italian capital which has only seen one snowfall in the past 15 years in which the snow stayed on the ground for a whole day.  AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE

An activist from a non-governmental organisation (NGO) lights candles during an AIDS awareness campaign on the eve of World AIDS Day in Agartala, capital of India’s northeastern state of Tripura November 30, 2011. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey (INDIA – Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH ANNIVERSARY)

Hoy 1 de diembre se celebra el día mundial contra el SIDA. El año pasado ya hice un post con el título de “Un día de lazos rojos contra el SIDA” en el que hacia un repaso a las imágenes de las celebraciones y actos que conmemoran este día de lucha que tiene como símbolo el lazo rojo. Eran todas fotografías como la que encabeza este post. Pero este año he decidido presentaros una serie de imágenes que muestran otra cara del SIDA alejado de los lazos rojos colgados en nuestras ciudades occidentales. Del mismo modo que en una entrega anterior hablaba del rostro del cólera en Haití, estos son los rostros del SIDA que se pueden ver en hospitales de China, Kenia, Sudafrica, México, Tailandia o Guatemala. Lugares donde se trata a los enfermos, muchos de ellos niños y bebés infectados que han perdido a sus padres por la enfermedad. Zonas donde la pandemia se expande gracias al hambre y la pobreza.

Algunas de estas imágenes pueden resultar duras para el lector pero no es más que el rostro del SIDA este 1 de diciembre de 2011.

A girl who lost her mother to HIV/AIDS looks out the window at Nkosi’s Haven, south of Johannesburg November 25, 2011. Nkosi’s Haven provides residential care for destitute HIV-positive mothers and their children, whether HIV-positive or not. Nkosi’s Haven is named after Nkosi Johnson, the young AIDS activist who passed away on International Children’s Day on June 1st 2001. December 1 is World AIDS Day. Picture taken November 25, 2011. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA – Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

A man has a sample of blood taken by a nurse for testing at the HIV/AIDS ward of Beijing YouAn Hospital December 1, 2011. The number of new HIV/AIDS cases in China is soaring, state media said on Wednesday, citing health officials, with rates of infections among college students and older men rising. The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued figures showing 48,000 new cases in China in 2011, the official Xinhua news agency said. China’s government was initially slow to acknowledge the problem of HIV/AIDS in the 1990s and had sought to cover it up when hundreds of thousands of impoverished farmers in rural Henan province became infected through botched blood-selling schemes. World AIDS Day is on December 1.    REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA – Tags: HEALTH ANNIVERSARY)

A girl laughs while taking her medication at Nkosi’s Haven, south of Johannesburg November 25, 2011. Nkosi’s Haven provides residential care for destitute HIV-positive mothers and their children, whether HIV-positive or not. Nkosi’s Haven is named after Nkosi Johnson, the young AIDS activist who passed away on International Children’s Day on June 1st 2001. December 1 is World AIDS Day. Picture taken November 25, 2011. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA – Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

A nurse gives an infected patient medicine as she lies in her bed in the HIV/AIDS ward of Beijing YouAn Hospital December 1, 2011. The number of new HIV/AIDS cases in China is soaring, state media said on Wednesday, citing health officials, with rates of infections among college students and older men rising. The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued figures showing 48,000 new cases in China in 2011, the official Xinhua news agency said. China’s government was initially slow to acknowledge the problem of HIV/AIDS in the 1990s and had sought to cover it up when hundreds of thousands of impoverished farmers in rural Henan province became infected through botched blood-selling schemes. World AIDS Day is on December 1. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA – Tags: HEALTH ANNIVERSARY)

Information booklets are seen on a bench in the HIV/AIDS ward of Beijing YouAn Hospital December 1, 2011. The number of new HIV/AIDS cases in China is soaring, state media said on Wednesday, citing health officials, with rates of infections among college students and older men rising. The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued figures showing 48,000 new cases in China in 2011, the official Xinhua news agency said. China’s government was initially slow to acknowledge the problem of HIV/AIDS in the 1990s and had sought to cover it up when hundreds of thousands of impoverished farmers in rural Henan province became infected through botched blood-selling schemes. World AIDS Day is on December 1. REUTERS/David Gray     (CHINA – Tags: HEALTH ANNIVERSARY)

A boy receives medication at Nkosi’s Haven, south of Johannesburg November 25, 2011. Nkosi’s Haven provides residential care for destitute HIV-positive mothers and their children, whether HIV-positive or not. Nkosi’s Haven is named after Nkosi Johnson, the young AIDS activist who passed away on International Children’s Day on June 1st 2001. December 1 is World AIDS Day. Picture taken November 25, 2011. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA – Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

A terminally ill man rests at a hospice for those dying of AIDS, at Wat Prabat Nampu Buddhist temple in Lopburi province on the World AIDS day December 1, 2011.  REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND – Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)

A baby boy lies in a cot at San Jose Hospice in Sacatepequez, about 45 km (27 miles) of Guatemala City, November 30, 2011. About 68 HIV-infected patients, between 44 days to 18 years old, receive free medical care at the hospice. Many of the children were found abandoned in markets, churches, fire stations, left neglected in hospitals or in some instances, brought in by their families who cannot afford to pay for their medical treatment. World AIDS day which falls on December 1 is commemorated across the world to raise awareness of the pandemic. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez (GUATEMALA  – Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

Medicine for patients is prepared by a nurse at the HIV/AIDS ward of Beijing YouAn Hospital December 1, 2011. The number of new HIV/AIDS cases in China is soaring, state media said on Wednesday, citing health officials, with rates of infections among college students and older men rising. The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued figures showing 48,000 new cases in China in 2011, the official Xinhua news agency said. China’s government was initially slow to acknowledge the problem of HIV/AIDS in the 1990s and had sought to cover it up when hundreds of thousands of impoverished farmers in rural Henan province became infected through botched blood-selling schemes. World AIDS Day is on December 1.    REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA – Tags: ANNIVERSARY HEALTH)

A nurse is seen through a door as she talks to an infected patient in the HIV/AIDS ward of Beijing YouAn Hospital December 1, 2011. The number of new HIV/AIDS cases in China is soaring, state media said on Wednesday, citing health officials, with rates of infections among college students and older men rising. The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued figures showing 48,000 new cases in China in 2011, the official Xinhua news agency said. China’s government was initially slow to acknowledge the problem of HIV/AIDS in the 1990s and had sought to cover it up when hundreds of thousands of impoverished farmers in rural Henan province became infected through botched blood-selling schemes. World AIDS Day is on December 1. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA – Tags: HEALTH ANNIVERSARY)

A patient eats a dose of generic HIV/AIDS drugs at a hospice for those dying of AIDS, at Wat Prabat Nampu Buddhist temple in Lopburi province on World AIDS Day December 1, 2011.  REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND – Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

A boy stands near towels hung out to dry in the yard of the San Jose Hospice in Sacatepequez, about 45 km (27 miles) of Guatemala City, November 30, 2011. About 68 HIV-infected patients, between 44 days to 18 years old, receive free medical care at the hospice. Many of the children were found abandoned in markets, churches, fire stations, left neglected in hospitals or in some instances, brought in by their families who cannot afford to pay for their medical treatment. World AIDS day which falls on December 1 is commemorated across the world to raise awareness of the pandemic. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez (GUATEMALA  – Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

A patient receives a dose of generic HIV/AIDS drugs at a hospice for those dying of AIDS, at Wat Prabat Nampu Buddhist temple in Lopburi province on World AIDS day December 1, 2011.  REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND – Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

Nimrod plays on the swings during playtime at the Nyumbani Children’s Home for children with HIV, in Karen on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. The orphanage, which is heavily reliant on foreign donations, cares for over 100 children with HIV whose parents died of the disease and provides them with housing, care, and antiretroviral medicine to stem the progress of the disease. World AIDS Day is observed on December 1 each year and is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) KENYA OUT

Fidel, 11, center-right, and Christopher, 3, center-left, sit with others during a break for tea inside the house which they share, at the Nyumbani Children’s Home for children with HIV, in Karen on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. The orphanage, which is heavily reliant on foreign donations, cares for over 100 children with HIV whose parents died of the disease and provides them with housing, care, and antiretroviral medicine to stem the progress of the disease. World AIDS Day is observed on December 1 each year and is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) KENYA OUT

An infant receives medication at Nkosi’s Haven, south of Johannesburg November 25, 2011. Nkosi’s Haven provides residential care for destitute HIV-positive mothers and their children, whether HIV-positive or not. Nkosi’s Haven is named after Nkosi Johnson, the young AIDS activist who passed away on International Children’s Day on June 1st 2001. December 1 is World AIDS Day. Picture taken November 25, 2011. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko (SOUTH AFRICA – Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

Syringes containing medicine for HIV-infected patients are seen at San Jose Hospice in Sacatepequez, about 45 km (27 miles) of Guatemala City, November 30, 2011. About 68 HIV-infected patients, between 44 days to 18 years old, receive free medical care at the hospice. Many of the children were found abandoned in markets, churches, fire stations, left neglected in hospitals or in some instances, brought in by their families who cannot afford to pay for their medical treatment. World AIDS day which falls on December 1 is commemorated across the world to raise awareness of the pandemic. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez (GUATEMALA  – Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

A terminally ill man receives treatment at a hospice for those dying of AIDS, at Wat Prabat Nampu Buddhist temple in Lopburi on World AIDS day December 1, 2011.  REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang (THAILAND – Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A boy is examined by a nurse at San Jose Hospice in Sacatepequez, about 45 km (27 miles) of Guatemala City, November 30, 2011. About 68 HIV-infected patients, between 44 days to 18 years old, receive free medical care at the hospice. Many of the children were found abandoned in markets, churches, fire stations, left neglected in hospitals or in some instances, brought in by their families who cannot afford to pay for their medical treatment. World AIDS day which falls on December 1 is commemorated across the world to raise awareness of the pandemic. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez (GUATEMALA – Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Tabitha Kioko, 40, a mother of three children who has had HIV since 2006, waits to receive medicine from a pharmacist at a clinic run by Medicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. World AIDS Day is observed on December 1 each year and is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)

A boy looks at an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe at Hostel Domus Alipio in Mexico City November 30, 2011. Hostel Domus Alipio, run by Catholic priest Luis Figueroa and a group of volunteers, provides shelter, medication and therapy to orphans as well as women and children from low-income families affected by HIV and AIDS. December 1 is World AIDS Day.  REUTERS/Carlos Jasso (MEXICO – Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

A man lays in bed at the Hillcrest Aids Center Trust care center situated at Hillcrest on the outskirts of the city of Durban, South Africa, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. A film opening on World AIDS Day Thursday that mixes live action and animation is taking viewers inside a soccer player’s body, showing how he becomes infected with HIV and spreads the virus. The cast and characters are Kenyan, Nigerian and South African, which producers hope will help the movie travel across the continent hardest hit by the disease. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)

Blood samples are arranged for testing by a nurse in the HIV/AIDS ward of Beijing YouAn Hospital December 1, 2011. The number of new HIV/AIDS cases in China is soaring, state media said on Wednesday, citing health officials, with rates of infections among college students and older men rising. The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued figures showing 48,000 new cases in China in 2011, the official Xinhua news agency said. China’s government was initially slow to acknowledge the problem of HIV/AIDS in the 1990s and had sought to cover it up when hundreds of thousands of impoverished farmers in rural Henan province became infected through botched blood-selling schemes. World AIDS Day is on December 1.    REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA – Tags: HEALTH ANNIVERSARY)

A girl lies on her bed at Hostel Domus Alipio in Mexico City November 30, 2011. Hostel Domus Alipio, run by Catholic priest Luis Figueroa and a group of volunteers, provides shelter, medication and therapy to orphans as well as women and children from low-income families affected by HIV and AIDS. December 1 is World AIDS Day. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso (MEXICO – Tags: HEALTH)

A pair of baby shoes and a soft toy are seen at a window of a dormitory at San Jose Hospice in Sacatepequez, about 45 km (27 miles) of Guatemala City, November 30, 2011. About 68 HIV-infected patients, between 44 days to 18 years old, receive free medical care at the hospice. Many of the children were found abandoned in markets, churches, fire stations, left neglected in hospitals or in some instances, brought in by their families who cannot afford to pay for their medical treatment. World AIDS day which falls on December 1 is commemorated across the world to raise awareness of the pandemic. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez (GUATEMALA  – Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)

Children attend a school class at the Nyumbani Children’s Home for children with HIV, in Karen on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. The orphanage, which is heavily reliant on foreign donations, cares for over 100 children with HIV whose parents died of the disease and provides them with housing, care, and antiretroviral medicine to stem the progress of the disease. World AIDS Day is observed on December 1 each year and is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) KENYA OUT

A mural in the shape of a tree is seen with the names of people who have died at the Hillcrest Aids Center Trust care center, situated at Hillcrest, on the outskirts of the city of Durban, South Africa, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. A film opening on World AIDS Day Thursday that mixes live action and animation is taking viewers inside a soccer player’s body, showing how he becomes infected with HIV and spreads the virus. The cast and characters are Kenyan, Nigerian and South African, which producers hope will help the movie travel across the continent hardest hit by the disease. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)