Celebrations were wild after Russia’s victory over Spain at the 2018 World Cup in Moscow on July 1, including this exuberant young fan.
Large traffic jams formed with cars honking their horns and fans waving flags after Russia's surprise defeat of Spain in the World Cup.
Thousands of Russians have protested in several cities against the government's plan to raise the retirement age. There was a strong presence of opposition politician Aleksei Navalny's supporters and the Russian Communist Party at a number of the July 1 protests.
A number of international tourists visiting Moscow during the World Cup have reported being short-changed, price-gouged, or misled by taxi drivers.
Moscow's metro and its streets became one huge party zone -- as Russian fans went wild with joy after their team's 3-1 victory over Egypt in the World Cup.
People across Russia react to a government proposal to raise the retirement age from 60 to 65 for men and from 55 to 63 for women.
Vladimir Putin sitting on a pile of skulls, a footballer running through a cemetery... viral images created by Ukrainian artist Andriy Yermolenko offer a provocative take on the FIFA World Cup in Russia.
A demonstration in Kyiv called for the boycott of the "blood-soaked" FIFA World Cup in Russia, citing Russian aggression in Ukraine and detention of director Oleh Sentsov.
The Russian scientist who originally helped develop the nerve agent believed to have been used in the poisoning of a Russian double agent in Britain said other countries could have also produced test samples of the substance.
