Kids play soccer in a rural area outside of Rustenburg, South Africa. Rebecca Blackwell/AP hide caption
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South African children blow their vuvuzela's in the Yeoville neighborhood of Johannesburg during World Cup 2010. Jerome Delay/AP hide caption
Iker Casillas kisses his girlfriend Sara Carbonero during a live broadcast. Screen Grab/NPR hide caption
A doctor treats a victim at Mulago hospital in Kampala late Sunday after twin bomb blasts tore through crowds of soccer fans watching the World Cup final. The country's police chief said the blasts at an Ethiopian-owned restaurant and a rugby club in Kampala were a terrorist attack by the Somali militant group al-Shabab. Trevor Snapp/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Sunday
Netherlands' Wesley Sneijder upset after his team's loss to Spain in the World Cup 2010 finals: 1-0 Luca Bruno/AP hide caption
Spanish players celebrate after winning their match against the Netherlands for the World Cup 2010 victory: 1-0 Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP hide caption
Saturday
Friday
Let The Games Begin: Sunday's World Cup final inspired an Amsterdam shop to stage a miniature version of the game in its display window, using "comedy condoms" to represent soccer players from Spain and the Netherlands. Christopher Lee/Getty Images Europe hide caption
Sea Life Aquarium's psychic octopus, Paul, chose Spain to win the semifinals over Germany. Paul's keeper says, "he's wrong this time." Mark Keppler/AP hide caption
Thursday
Wednesday
Spain's Carles Puyol (center, with long hair) scores the game's only goal. AP hide caption