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In this May 17, 2014, photo, captured using a long exposure, a group of friends asked the photographer to take their picture as they used flashlights to paint with light, a heart symbol and the word 'Rio' while standing at the apex of Morro Dois Irmaos or Two Brothers Mountain at dawn, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
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In this May 5, 2014, photo, a woman walks past a home decorated with a mural depicting Brazilian soccer player Hulk flying over Argentina's Lionel Messi, right, and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil will host this year's World Cup soccer tournament. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
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In this May 21, 2014, photo, a youth holds a soccer ball topped by a plastic rat as he participates in a protest against the public money spent on the World Cup near his home in the Jacarezinho slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Organized by Rio de Paz, protesters say the money spent on the international soccer tournament should have been used to improve schools, health care and security in shantytowns. The plastic rat represents the poor sanitation in Brazil's poor neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)
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In this May 20, 2014, photo, Jarbas Meneghini, 46, shows a drawing of Argentina's former soccer star Diego Maradona while holding replicas of the World Cup trophies, at his home in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Meneghini, a mechanic makes replicas of the trophy since 1996, and he got the idea after he saw former soccer player Dunga holding up the trophy in 1994, when Brazil won the tournament. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)
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In this May 23, 2014, photo, a dog walks on a concrete soccer pitch in front of a wall decorated with a mural depicting soccer players, Mario Balotelli of Italy, from left to right, Lionel Messi of Argentina, Neymar of Brazil, Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and Luis Suarez of Uruguay, in the Tavares Bastos favela, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 32 national teams will compete in the upcoming World Cup, with Sao Paulo hosting the opening ceremony and kick-off match between Brazil and Croatia on June 12. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
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In this May 20, 2014, photo, graffiti on the street against World Cup reads in Portuguese "Less weapons, Less jails, More schools, Peace, More health and Demilitarization" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As opening day for the World Cup approaches, people continue to stage protests, some about the billions of dollars spent on the World Cup at a time of social hardship, but soccer is still a unifying force. Brazil will host the World Cup soccer tournament starting on 12 June. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
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In this May 21, 2014, photo, Biologist Rodrigo Cerqueira holds an armadillo, named Ana Botafogo in honor of the Brazilian dancer, at the Rio Zoo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The three-banded armadillo is in danger of extinction, largely because of deforestation and hunting in its habitat in the shrub lands of northeastern Brazil. Those risks in large part are why the armadillo was chosen as the World Cup mascot. Another is that when it's frightened, it rolls up into a ball small enough to fit into one hand, looking like a tan soccer ball. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)
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In this May 18, 2014, photo, people watch as a goalkeeper fails to stop a penalty kick during a soccer tournament in Sao Pedro community, near Manaus, Brazil. Manaus is one of the host cities for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
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In this May 21, 2014, photo, Children and adults play soccer in the ruins of Paricatuba, near Manaus, Brazil. Manaus is one of the host cities for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
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In this May 23, 2014, photo, a mural by Brazilian street artist Paulo Ito, of a crying child who is served a soccer ball to appease his hunger, covers a portion of a school wall in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Protests continue throughout the country on the billions of public money spent in preparation for the 2014 World Cup. The price of building or refurbishing the 12 arenas alone has nearly quadrupled from initial estimates, helping make Brazil's World Cup the priciest yet. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
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In this May 21, 2014, photo, a masked Fluminense fan, center, wearing a mask and sunglasses with the Brazilian national flag cheers for his team during the last Brazilian league soccer match in Maracana stadium between Fluminense and Sao Paulo, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil will host the World Cup soccer tournament starting on 12 June and Maracana stadium will host the World Cup Final match on 13 July. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar,File)
