In Pictures: Fans around the world celebrate as the World Cup gets under way

By Associated Press

Around the world, football fans are gathering in homes, stadiums and public viewing venues to watch the World Cup and share in the excitement of the tournament.

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Fans celebrate a goal scored by Brazil against Morocco at a watch party at a housing occupation run by the Homeless Workers Movement, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Saturday (Ettore Chiereguini/AP) Photo by Ettore Chiereguini
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Fans at a watch party for the match between Scotland and Haiti in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Saturday (Odelyn Joseph/AP) Photo by Odelyn Joseph
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Bosnian fans celebrate at a fan festival on Friday in Sarajevo, after Bosnia scored the opening goal in their match against Canada (Armin Durgut/AP) Photo by Armin Durgut
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Chase Speed, centre, celebrates at watch party on Friday in Vancouver, British Columbia, after Canada scored a goal against Bosnia (Kaleb Tatum/AP) Photo by Kaleb Tatum
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A family watches a world cup opening match in Vereeniging, South Africa, on Thursday (Themba Hadebe/AP) Photo by Themba Hadebe
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A Mexico fan is tossed into the air in Mexico City before the match between Mexico and South Africa (Sydney Shankman/AP) Photo by Sydney Shankman
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People watch the opening match of the World Cup between Mexico and South Africa, in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday (Mahmoud Khaled/AP) Photo by Mahmoud Khaled
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Fans watch the match between Mexico and South Africa in Berlin, Germany, on Thursday (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP) Photo by Ebrahim Noroozi
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Fans celebrate during the opening of the Damascus World Cup Festival, a public fan zone  at the Damascus Fairgrounds in Damascus, Syria, on Thursday (Omar Albam/AP) Photo by Omar Albam
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Fans celebrate in Fort Worth, Texas, after Mexico’s Julian Quinones scored his side’s first goal against South Africa (Julio Cortez/AP) Photo by Julio Cortez
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Fans gather to watch the first match of the World Cup in Aden, Yemen, on Thursday (Abdulnasser Alseddik/AP) Photo by Abdulnasser Alseddik
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South Korean fans celebrate in Seoul after South Korea defeated Czechia (Ahn Young-joon/AP) Photo by Ahn Young-joon