As national soccer teams and the photographers who have been covering them start to trickle home from the Brazil World Cup, it’s time to revisit the “On the Sidelines” project. This Reuters Pictures project was billed as a chance for photographers to share “their own quirky and creative view of the World Cup”. Photo: People watch from outside as a dancer performs inside a bar in Porto Alegre June 21, 2014. In a project called “On The Sidelines” Reuters photographers share pictures showing their own quirky and creative view of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. (Photo by Marko Djurica/Reuters)

A dog walker on Longsands beach before sunrise in Tynemouth, UK on April 1, 2016. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)

A man lying on the ground is assisted by French policemen during clashes bewteen English and Russian supporters in the Old Port of Marseille, France, Saturday, June 12, 2016, before the UEFA EURO 2016 group B match between England and Russia. (Photo by Daniel Dal Zennaro/ANSA via AP Photo)

Model Karlie Kloss walks on the red carpet as she arrives for the opening ceremony and the screening of the film “La tete haute” out of competition during the 68th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, May 13, 2015. (Photo by Benoit Tessier/Reuters)

A reveller wearing a mask and a period costume takes part in the Venice Carnival on February 24, 2019 in Venice, Italy. The carnival in Venice takes place until March 5, 2019. (Photo by Alberto Pizzoli/AFP Photo)

This image obtained January 31, 2017 from the US Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory showing a lava stream, pouring out of the lava tube on the sea cliff at the Kamokuna ocean entry from the Kilauea Volcano on January 29. (Photo by AFP Photo/USGS)

Cast member Shu Qi poses during a photocall for the film “The Assassin” (Nie yin niang) in competition at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, May 21, 2015. (Photo by Eric Gaillard/Reuters)

Performers take part in the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, central England, on July 28, 2022. (Photo by Jason Cairnduff/Reuters)