By The Associated Press undefined
Around the world, soccer fans are gathering in homes, stadium plazas, and public viewing venues to watch the World Cup and share in the excitement of the tournament.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
A Mexico fan is tossed into the air in celebration at a fan festival while waiting to watch a broadcast of the World Cup Group A soccer match between Mexico and South Africa in Mexico City, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Sydney Shankman) 
Soccer fans celebrate during the opening of the Damascus World Cup Festival, a public fan zone featuring giant screens for World Cup match broadcasts, at the Damascus Fairgrounds in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Albam) 
Members of the Mariachi Mexicanisimo de Fort Worth play a celebratory tune as a large screen shows a replay of Mexico’s Julian Quinones scoring his side’s first goal on South Africa during the opening match of the FIFA World Cup soccer tournament, Thursday, June 11, 2026, as supporters gathered for a watch party in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) 
Fans gather to watch the first match of the World Cup between Mexico and South Africa on the National Mall, Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert) 
Jesus Vasquez Martinez reacts with others after Mexico’s Julian Quinones scored his side’s first goal on South Africa during the opening match of the FIFA World Cup soccer tournament, Thursday, June 11, 2026, as supporters gathered for a watch party in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) 
Supporters of Mexico sing the national anthem before the opening match of the World Cup soccer tournament between Mexico and South Africa, Thursday, June 11, 2026, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) 
Mexico fans celebrate their team’s first goal against South Africa as they watch a public viewing of the opening match of the World Cup soccer tournament between Mexico and South Africa in San Francisco, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) 
Mexico fans watch a public viewing of the opening match of the World Cup soccer tournament between Mexico and South Africa in San Francisco, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) 
Fans watch the first match of the World Cup between Mexico and South Africa on the National Mall, Thursday, June 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert) 
Fans celebrate a goal by Mexico while watching a live broadcast of the World Cup soccer match between Mexico and South Africa at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) 
Fans gather to watch the first match of the World Cup between Mexico and South Africa at a coffee shop in Aden, Yemen, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik) 
Fans react as they watch a broadcast of the World Cup soccer match between Mexico and South Africa in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) 
People watch the opening match of the FIFA World Cup 2026 between Mexico and South Africa, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Khaled) 
A soccer fan watches the opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup between Mexico and South Africa on his phone in Dakar, Senegal, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu) 
A family watches a world cup opening soccer match, in Vereeniging, South Africa, Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) 
A group of fans use a Mexican flag for shade as they watch the opening World Cup Group A soccer match between Mexico and South Africa on beachfront big screens, in Miami Beach, Fla., Thursday, June 11, 2026. AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) 
South Korean soccer fans react as they watch a live broadcasting of the Group A World Cup soccer match between South Korea and Czechia in Mexico, at a public viewing venue in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) 
Bosnian fans celebrate at a fan festival, Friday, June 12, 2026, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, after Bosnia scored the opening goal as they watch a broadcast of the World Cup Group B soccer match between Canada and Bosnia. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut) 
Chase Speed, center, celebrates at watch party, Friday, June 12, 2026, in Vancouver, British Columbia, after Canada scored a goal in the World Cup Group B soccer match between Canada and Bosnia. (AP Photo/Kaleb Tatum) 
Paraguay fans watch the World Cup Group D soccer match between the United States and Paraguay in Asuncion, Paraguay Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz) 
Fans celebrate a goal scored by Brazil against Morocco during a World Cup watch party at a housing occupation run by the Homeless Workers Movement, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Ettore Chiereguini) 
Soccer fans cheer as Pitbull performs between World Cup matches, at a public watch party at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) 
Haitian fans watch the match between Scotland and Haiti from up in a tree during a World Cup viewing party in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) 
People gather to watch live in a giant screen the World Cup Group D soccer match between Australia and Turkey, at the historic Yedikule fortress in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, June 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel) 
A rider watches a live broadcast of the World Cup Group D soccer match between Australia and Turkey via his smartphone clipped on his e-bike while riding on a street in Beijing, Sunday, June 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) 
Fans watch the World Cup soccer match between Germany and Curacao, in the inner courtyard of the Kulturbrauerei in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, June 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)