Montevideo, Uruguay, has World Cup history
A dancer performs along a street in Montevideo’s Sur neighborhood on the first night of the Llamadas (Calls) carnival parade. The Llamadas is Uruguay’s biggest carnival parade, in which groups of dancers and drummers compete over the course of two nights. (Pablo Porciuncula / AFP/Getty Images)
Lightning strikes beyond the Port of Buceo during a thunderstorm in Montevideo. (Mariana Suarez / AFP/Getty Images)
Players of Brazil’s Gremio work out at Parque Central stadium in Montevideo on the eve of a Copa Libertadores football match against Uruguay’s Nacional. (Miguel Rojo / AFP/Getty Images)
Fans of Uruguay unfold a huge flag reading “The story must go on” before the start of a football match between Uruguay and Jordan in the Centenario stadium in Montevideo. (Pablo Porciuncula / AFP/Getty Images)
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Supporters of Uruguay’s Nacional football club display a huge banner before a match against Mexico’s Toluca at Centenario stadium in Montevideo. (Dante Fernandez / AFP/Getty Images)