Football fever has gripped South Africa ahead of Friday's draw for the World Cup finals, which will take place in Cape Town. This boy lives in the Gugulethu township, some 10 miles from the centre of Cape Town
Robben Island, a short boat journey from Cape Town, for many years held the incarcerated Nelson Mandela. The atmosphere is altogether more jubilant ahead of a Fifa executive committee meeting on the island
Meanwhile, a Holland & Belgium All Star team including Ronald de Boer, Pierre van Hooijdonk, Aaron Winter and Ruud Gullit take on an African Legends team in the Crossroads township
Rainbow over the rainbow nation: This spectacular shot shows Johannesburg's Soccer City. The 94,700-seater stadium stages the opening match and final, plus six other matches
In this aerial shot, probably taken from Table Mountain, Cape Town's Green Point Stadium can be seen far right. Among its eight matches will be one of the semi-finals
Conditions remain extremely difficult for many South Africans, such as these living in Cape Town's Symphony Way Temporary Relocation Area, also known as Blikkiesdorp
David Beckham meets girls at the Ikhusi P.P. School, Khaylitsha Township, Cape Town. Beckham joined more than 30 youngsters at a Coaching for Hope session organised by the Football Association
Presiding over Friday's draw from 1715 GMT will be Fifa's president Sepp Blatter. England will avoid favourites Brazil and Spain, plus holders Italy, old rivals Argentina and Germany, Netherlands and the hosts themselves
Friday, the day of the draw, does not get off to the best of starts as a security alert forces a bomb disposal expert to check out a suspicious package
But police soon give the all-clear and preparations - including cleaning the all-important red carpet - can continue
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