AFP and Indonesian partner Antara are celebrating the football World Cup with a week-long exhibition in Jakarta.

The 83 pictures on display date from the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay to South Africa in 2010. The exhibition is being held from June 9-15 at the Antara gallery in the Indonesian capital’s Pasar Baru quarter.

A festive ceremony featuring live samba music was attended by Brazilian ambassador Paulo Soares. He was welcomed by AFP Asia Pacific sales and marketing director Mervin Nambiar.

Antara commercial director Hempi Prajudi opened the exhibition with Soares and Nambiar in the presence of local and international media, Jakarta cultural figures and avid photojournalists and football fans.

A video was shown on the making of an AFP-backed special project on the central role of football in the daily life of Rio de Janeiro’s notorious “favelas” or slums.

Christophe Simon, AFP’s head of photography in Brazil, taught basic photography techniques to a group of 18 adolescents from the so-called “Cidade de Deus” (City of God), with amazing results. Together, they photographed the favela residents’ passion for football, and the result was a collection of 70 pictures distributed globally by AFP to leading media clients.

• AFP’s World Cup coverage is also being shown on a giant screen at the Newseum’s Great Hall of News in Washington DC until July 18.

Pictured: Mervin Nambiar and Paulo Soares admire an image from the exhibition Picture AFP/Romy Gacad