Paraguay fans celebrate after watching a match on big screens in Asuncion. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Colourful and noisy, fans from around the world have ensured the spectacle of the World Cup is not just confined to the pitch.

In the stands at the games, and in viewing areas set up in cities around the world, they have worn their colours with pride and proved football is not  a game followed by exclusively men.

Associated Press photographers have been there to capture all the action.