Offbeat World Cup 2014

Rio de Janeiro

Offbeat World Cup 2014

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Mascot

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Graffiti,Sao Paulo.

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A wall in Rio de Janeiro is decorated with a mural depicting Brazilian soccer player Hulk.

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A hot-air balloon in the likeness of Brazil’s Christ The Redeemer statute, Melbourne, Australia

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central Thailand

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Coex Aquarium in Seoul.

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Giant puppets at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro

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Items that have been used historically as makeshift soccer balls by Brazilians are displayed in the Museum of Football on June 10, 2014 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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Argentina's national soccer team T-shirts hang for sale outside the Argentine Soccer Association.

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A fake novelty soccer ball looks like it's breaking the windshield of a car in Sao Paulo,

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in Jarrow, England

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'can coolers' are sold on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro

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A boy ,Mumbai, India

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Organizers were protesting against the government's spending on the World Cup instead of services for the people of Brazil.

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sidewalk , Rio de Janeiro.

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The GQ and Ben Watts Photo Exhibition, New York City.

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in the southern Indian

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Rio de Janeiro

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Factory, in Sialkot, Punjab province, Pakistan

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"diabolica“,Belgian entrepreneurs

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exchanges stickers for the official

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Brazilian soccer fan Marilza Guimaraes da Silva, 63,

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stands among large puppets in the likeness of soccer players

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Riot police stand guard during a demonstration by striking subway workers ,São Paulo, Brazil.

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Activist, "While your team is relaxing, Brazilians are dying".

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beach,Rio de Janeiro

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Indian artist28

Otter "Arashi" acting as goalkeeper, Tokyo

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beach,Rio de Janeiro

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Ivory Coast's national football team goalkeeper Boubacar

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Chile soccer fan,mini-home

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beach in Rio de Janeiro

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paints a roadside wall,Kolkata, India

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2014 World Cup Womens Calendar35

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walk past a vandalized mural, Brazil

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Only 25,000 tickets go to fans at World Cup opener

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sandals decorated with the national colors,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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A boy heads a soccer ball in front of a mural of India's former captain Baichung Bhutia.

A boy heads a soccer ball in front of a mural of India's former captain Baichung Bhutia.

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Algeria's forward Nabil Ghilas

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Indian children

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Mexican soccer fan

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Brazil, Barra da Tijuca

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Western Switzerland

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View of the National Stadium

6/11/2014王文堯 Kaohsiung Taiwan R.O.C All photos were taken from Daily Mail, The Atlantic,Internet….etc. THE END 46