World Aids Day Obelisk

Sightseers in Buenos Aires got a shock today when the city’s most famous landmark, the obelisk, was covered with a giant pink condom for World Aids Day.

City officials used cranes to unfurl shiny pink cloth over the monolith in a campaign promoting condom use to prevent infection with the HIV virus that causes Aids.

“It seemed like we could have the biggest impact by putting a condom on the most important symbol of the city,” said Sandra Castillo, an organiser of the campaign.

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