The global game
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Soweto, South Africa: October 12, 2007 (EPA/John Hrusa) Keystone -
Kabul, Afghanistan: August 13, 2006 (AP/Rodrigo Abd) Keystone -
A heatwave in West Common, Gerrards Cross, England: July 26, 2006 (Reuters/Toby Melville) Reuters -
Yoff Beach, Dakar, Senegal: July 9, 2006 (Keystone/Pierre Holtz) Keystone -
Easter picnic at Lago di Bilancino in Florence: April 9, 2007 (EPA/Maurizio Degl'Innocenti) Keystone -
Street football with face masks after a volcano eruption in Pelileo, Ecuador: August 17, 2006 (Reuters/Guillermo Granja) Reuters -
Heliopolis, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Reuters/Rickey Rogers) Reuters -
Nordfoire, Dakar, Senegal: December 20, 2004 (EPA/Nic Bothma) Keystone -
Kabul, Afghanistan: February 18, 2007 (Reuters/Omar Sobhani) Reuters -
Laleh Park, Tehran, Iran: April 1, 2004 (EPA/ Abedin Taherkenareh) Keystone -
In a Palestinian refugee camp in Beddawi, Lebanon: March 28, 2007 (Reuters/Jerry Lampen) Reuters -
Dividing wall between Israel und Palestine at Abu Dis: June 2, 2006 (AP/Oded Balilty) Keystone
Football's magic is felt all over the world.
This content was published on April 2, 2008 - 14:34
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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