Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. You'll find people playing it everywhere you go, from massive stadiums in Brazil to a quiet street inside the Casbah fortress of Algiers, Algeria.
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This year's World Cup, which kicks off on Thursday, is being held in Russia. These children in the village of Yelizarovo have already caught World Cup fever.
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Soccer can be played on any surface, from the streets of Kolkata, India, where children play barefoot …
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Even snow is suitable for a quick game — just ask these ski instructors in Sestriere, Italy.
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Soccer players can turn anything into a field, like this roof of a parking garage in Jakarta, Indonesia …
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No playing space is too narrow for a game, as these children on the streets of downtown Havana, Cuba, demonstrate.
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Part of the reason for soccer's popularity is that you barely need equipment to play. These elementary-school students in Dambai, Ghana, use two trees to mark the goalposts.
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Soccer is played on all six inhabited continents. The "beautiful game" has reached far-flung locations including Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia …
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… and Vranduk, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where children play inside a 14th-century fortress.
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On the opposite side of the globe, soccer is also the most popular sport in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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The majority of countries have never seen their national team play in a World Cup. But the sport remains the passion of fans everywhere, as these children in Bamako, Mali, can attest.
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You don't even need a full team to play. Here, two boys from south London do some target practice after school.
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Meanwhile, these two brothers from Vienna, Austria, are content to play in their backyard.
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