As Russia puts the finishing touches to the carefully manicured fields that will host the World Cup from next week, people around the globe are playing soccer on a surprising variety of makeshift pitches. Off the coast of an island in southern Thailand, they play on a floating platform; in the mountains of northern Italy, they kick about in the snow – images captured by Reuters photographers around the world. Here: Eriskay, wearing green and white, plays soccer against Barra on the Isle of Eriskay, Scotland, May 5, 2018. (Photo by Russell Cheyne/Reuters)





Children play soccer on an asphalt pitch in Payatas, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, May 9, 2018. (Photo by Dondi Tawatao/Reuters)





Children play soccer at an improvised pitch in the village of Gurgurnica, 35 km away from the nearest city of Tetovo, Macedonia, May 11, 2018. (Photo by Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters)





Children play soccer on a floating pitch in the fishing village of Ko Panyi in southern Phang Nga Province, Thailand, May 20, 2018. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Men play soccer in Santiago, Chile, May 19, 2018. (Photo by Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)





Ski club teachers play soccer in the snow wearing ski boots in Sestriere, Italy, May 14, 2018. (Photo by Stefano Rellandini/Reuters)





Local residents play soccer on the top floor of a parking garage in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 4, 2018. (Photo by Darren Whiteside/Reuters)





Men play Subbuteo in Rome, Italy, May 13, 2018. (Photo by Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)