Images from Brazil showing World Cup fever building with just a week left now before the June 12 kickoff to football’s global showpiece.
Updated: June 05, 2014, 12:00 AM
In pictures: Brazil turns green and yellow with World Cup a week away
Joao Paulo, 16, plays with a football in the street decorated for the upcoming 2014 World Cup in a suburb outside Brasilia, Brazil on Wednesday. Eraldo Peres / AP / June 4, 2014
View of Brasilia's Metropolitan Cathedral illuminated in green and yellow on Wednesday. Evaristo SA / AFP / June 4, 2014
A metro train metro passes by graffiti, painted in reference to the 2014 World Cup, near Sao Paulo's World Cup stadium on Wednesday. Nacho Doce / Reuters / June 4, 2014
View of a window from a Rio de Janeiro building decorated with Brazilian flags ahead of the 2014 World Cup. Antonio Lacerda / EPA / June 4, 2014
A child walks in a street decorated for the upcoming 2014 World Cup with a mural of Brazil player Hulk in view. Eraldo Peres / AP / June 4, 2014
Brazilian artist Jambeiro paints a graffiti in reference to the Brazilian player Hulk and the rest of the Brazil national football team ahead of the 2014 World Cup. Pilar Olivares / Reuters / June 4, 2014
Boys play ball in a street decorated for the upcoming 2014 World Cup on Wednesday outside Brasilia, Brazil. Eraldo Peres / AP / June 4, 2014