The world is watching
The soccer World Cup is the most watched sporting event on the planet, drawing viewers on every continent from a vast range of cultures and social classes.
Reuters photographers captured images of fans glued to matches in locations around the world, from a beach in California to a butcher’s shop in Brazil.
People watch the opening game of the World Cup at Berlin’s Alte Foersterei stadium. Berlin's Union soccer club invited its supporters to bring their sofas to the arena and watch World Cup matches in comfort.
A butcher holds a pig as he watches the match between Colombia and Greece on a screen in his shop.
Passengers gather around a laptop to watch a match between Mexico and Cameron in Sao Paulo airport.
Chilean fans watch the game between Chile and Australia in a makeshift tent. They are staying there after their old homes were destroyed in a fire that burned down large swaths of predominantly low-income, wooden houses in the hills around the city.
Internally displaced Somalis crowd around a television set to watch a game in Mogadishu
Men watch the opening game of in a barber shop in Guatemala City.
A taxi driver watches the match between Colombia and Greece while driving in Natal.
A Mexican fan reacts as he watches the game between Mexico and Cameroon on Copacabana beach.
A Spanish soccer fan watches a game between Spain and the Netherlands.
Croatian fans watch the game against Brazil in the Astoria neighbourhood of Queens.
Bosnian fans react after watching Argentina score a goal on a screen in the main square in Sarajevo.
Chris Valcarcel, 19, watches the match between Ghana and the United States.
Brazil fans watch a televised screening of their team playing against Mexico in Rio’s Rocinha slum.
German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen (centre) celebrates with staff while watching Germany score against Portugal at a screening at the German consulate in New York.
Migrants from Central America watch the match between France and Honduras at "Posada Belen" migrant shelter.
Brazilians watch the match between Brazil and Croatia on a street in the Pelourinho neigborhood of Salvador.
Ivory Coast fans watch a match between their team and Japan at a public viewing in Abidjan.
A couple watch a screening of the match between Brazil and Mexico in Natal.
People watch the opening match of the Cup on a beach in Recife.
