‘Nowadays Jairzinho works with kids in the favelas of Rio where the unwritten rule is that visitors have to leave by 5pm. I asked for 10 more minutes and when I turned round, a guy had pulled a gun on my crew’ I’m not a mad football fan. What I most love about the game is its universal appeal –...

Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jul/15/jairzinho-footballer-brazil-rio-favelas-michael-donalds-best-photograph)

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