In his speech persuading his audience to support aids vaccination trials in sub-saharan africa, joshua showed his audience images of children who have been orphaned because their parents were among the millions of africans infected with hiv who have lost their lives to the pandemic. josh is using these images to create what type of rhetorical proof?

Pathos.

Explanation:

AIDS (acquired immuno deficiency syndrome ) caused by the human immuno deficiency virus (HIV). The virus attacks the T helper cells of the body and suppresses the immune system.

The ideas on the speech of AIDS can be used with the help of pathos. Pathos helps in the persuasion of the audience. This pathos makes the audience to act after listening the speech and images used in pathos are enough to arose the emotions in audience.

Thus, the answer is pathos.