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

A young fan celebrates in Manaus, Brazil after Brazil scored against Morocco on Saturday (Edmar Barros/AP)

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.

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)

Fans at a watch party for the match between Scotland and Haiti in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Saturday (Odelyn Joseph/AP)

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)

Chase Speed, centre, celebrates at watch party on Friday in Vancouver, British Columbia, after Canada scored a goal against Bosnia (Kaleb Tatum/AP)

A family watches a world cup opening match in Vereeniging, South Africa, on Thursday (Themba Hadebe/AP)

A Mexico fan is tossed into the air in Mexico City before the match between Mexico and South Africa (Sydney Shankman/AP)

People watch the opening match of the World Cup between Mexico and South Africa, in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday (Mahmoud Khaled/AP)

Fans watch the match between Mexico and South Africa in Berlin, Germany, on Thursday (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

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)

Fans celebrate in Fort Worth, Texas, after Mexico’s Julian Quinones scored his side’s first goal against South Africa (Julio Cortez/AP)

Fans gather to watch the first match of the World Cup in Aden, Yemen, on Thursday (Abdulnasser Alseddik/AP)

South Korean fans celebrate in Seoul after South Korea defeated Czechia (Ahn Young-joon/AP)