August 15, 2006
TORONTO - Actor Richard Gere, Co-Chair of the Heroes Project, talks about the AIDS campaign partnership between his organization and Star TV in India at a press conference during the XVI International AIDS Conference on August 14, 2006 in Toronto, Canada. The week-long convention is bringing together more than 20000 activists, actors, and politicians from around the globe to discuss the global pandemic first diagnosed 25 years ago. (Photo by Simon Hayter/Getty Images)