Soweto, South Africa: October 12, 2007
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Kabul, Afghanistan: August 13, 2006
(AP/Rodrigo Abd)
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A heatwave in West Common, Gerrards Cross, England: July 26, 2006
(Reuters/Toby Melville)
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Yoff Beach, Dakar, Senegal: July 9, 2006
(Keystone/Pierre Holtz)
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Easter picnic at Lago di Bilancino in Florence: April 9, 2007
(EPA/Maurizio Degl'Innocenti)
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Street football with face masks after a volcano eruption in Pelileo, Ecuador: August 17, 2006
(Reuters/Guillermo Granja)
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Heliopolis, Sao Paulo, Brazil
(Reuters/Rickey Rogers)
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Nordfoire, Dakar, Senegal: December 20, 2004
(EPA/Nic Bothma)
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Kabul, Afghanistan: February 18, 2007
(Reuters/Omar Sobhani)
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Laleh Park, Tehran, Iran: April 1, 2004
(EPA/ Abedin Taherkenareh)
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In a Palestinian refugee camp in Beddawi, Lebanon: March 28, 2007
(Reuters/Jerry Lampen)
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Dividing wall between Israel und Palestine at Abu Dis: June 2, 2006
(AP/Oded Balilty)
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Football's magic is felt all over the world.
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It doesn’t need much: a few legs, a ball and enthusiasm. Somewhere in a dusty street, in a slum or a in courtyard, a game is beginning that allows people to forget about reality for a few moments.
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