People play "Palin", a traditional ritual and ancestral Mapuche game played with curved sticks called "Chuecas" and a wooden ball, during a meet on Dia de la Raza (Day of the Races), also known as Columbus Day in Vina del Mar, Chile October 11, 2015. (Photo by Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters)

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

Local actor Colin Retallick plays the role of St. Piran during the annual processional play to celebrate St. Piran, patron saint of tinners and regarded by many as Cornwall's premier saint, on March 4, 2012 in Perranporth, England. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Five year-old Fatima plays as women weave a carpet in a home workshop in Peshawar, Pakistan, January 13, 2022. (Photo by Fayaz Aziz/Reuters)

Children play in the Crown Fountain at Millennium Park in Chicago, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (Photo by Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo)

A girl plays with pigeons in front of Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on February 24, 2023. (Photo by Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP Photo)

A tiger plays in water at a tiger zoo in Chaing Mai, Thailand on March 31, 2021. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)

Stefania and Mariah play with a hose in South Norwood, United Kingdom on June 1, 2021. (Photo by Joe Plimmer/The Guardian)