Christ the Redeemer statue illuminated with Brazil shirt as tribute to Pele

The Christ the Redeemer statue was illuminated with an image of Pele’s Brazil jersey as a tribute to the football star (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Christ the Redeemer was lit up in a Pele shirt among Brazilian tributes to the soccer great on the first anniversary of his death.

Pele died of colon cancer at age 82.