With twenty days to the World Cup, we bring you some breath-taking scenes from the host cities of the World Cup in soccer loving Brazil
People watch as a goalkeeper fails to stop a penalty kick during a soccer tournament in Sao Pedro community, near Manaus, Brazil [AP]A boy jumps rope on Third Street of the Alvorada neighbourhood, which is painted with the logo of the Brazilian Soccer Confederation (CBF) and decorated for the 2014 World Cup, in Manaus [REUTERS]People take part in a soccer match held at the Tavares Bastos slum in Rio de Janeiro [REUTERS]Residents sit on the porch of their house on the banks of the Rio Negro river in Cacau Pirera, near Manaus, Brazil [AP]A general view of the Claudio Coutinho stadium (R) with the Pao de Azucar hill (L) at the School of Physical Education by Brazilian Army in the Sao Joao Fortress in Rio de Janeiro [EPA]A boy rides his bicycle along Third Street of the Alvorada neighbourhood which is decorated for the 2014 World Cup in Manaus [REUTERS]