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The Most Talked-About World Cup Photos Were Taken In Someone's Living Room
When Florence Pernet was denied accreditation to cover the 2026 World Cup, she photographed matches from her television instead. The images went viral. A footballer deleted his entire Instagram to make room for them. Before the World Cup started, Michael Olise wiped his entire Instagram account clean. Every post is gone. Years of images, celebrations, match photographs all deleted. His 10 million followers immediately started speculating. Transfer move imminent. Unhappy at Ba
Jul 145 min read
The Quietest Man At The WorldCup Might Be Its Loudest Symbol
Michel Kuka Mboladinga has stood motionless at DR Congo matches since 2013, recreating the pose of a statue in Kinshasa. At the 2026 World Cup, he became one of the tournament's most recognisable figures and one of its most contested. The Estadio Akron in Guadalajara, Mexico, was at full volume an hour before kickoff. Drums. Flags the size of garage doors. The particular noise that only a crowd of 46,000 does when it is wound up tight and waiting for something. DR Congo vers
Jun 309 min read
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