![FBL-WC-2014-INDIA Local Indian footballers carry cutout portraits of Brazilian soccer player Neymar and Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi to a local football club in Kolkata on June 9, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/world_cup_weird_cutouts.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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![Madame Tussau's Bangkok soccer event A wax figure of soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal is put into position on a soccer field by Thai workers during a promotional event for the FIFA Soccer World Cup 2014 by Madame Tussauds in Bangkok on June 13, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/world_cup_weird_wax.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![BESTPIX South Korean Divers Root For Their Team For 2014 FIFA World Cup A South Korean diver clad in a soccer uniform swims with sardines at the Coex Aquarium on June 9, 2014 in Seoul.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/world_cup_weird_underwater.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![FBL-WC-2014-INDIA A young Indian boy carries a pair of models of the 2014 FIFA World Cup trophy made by artisans to a godown - warehouse - prior to delivery in Kolkata on June 18, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/world_cup_weird_trophies.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Member of Thunderbolt Craziness band wearing a metal suit kicks a soccer ball as electricity is discharged from Tesla coils during a performance to celebrate 2014 Brazil World Cup, in Changle A member of the Thunderbolt Craziness band wearing a metal suit kicks a soccer ball as electricity is discharged from Tesla coils during a performance to celebrate the 2014 Brazil World Cup, in Changle, Fujian province, China on June 12, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/world_cup_weird_teslacoil.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Brazil WCup The Week That Was Photo Gallery Patients of the Asuncion Psychiatric Hospital, watch the first match of the World Cup between Brazil and Croatia, in Asuncion, Paraguay on June 12, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/world_cup_weird_jail.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![FBL-WC-2014-INDIA Local Indian footballers carry cutout portraits of Brazilian soccer player Neymar and Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi to a local football club in Kolkata on June 9, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/world_cup_weird_cutouts.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![World Cup Fans Gather To Watch Matches In Rio A group of Chilean soccer team fans walk through the streets as they wait for their team to play Spain during the FIFA World Cup tournament on June 18, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/world_cup_weird_bodysuit.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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