They may not have qualified for the world cup but football fever has also hit Thailand.

The waiting is over. The World Cup is about to kick off. The first game between hosts South Africa and Mexico is just hours away.

The first two photos in this week's Best of Britain show a possible future, and a touch of the past.  The first photo shows a sculptor putting the finishing touches on an amazingly realistic wax representation of Cristiano Ronaldo, someone England had to face off against in the last World Cup, and may do so again.

The second photo is of a snowboarder enjoying the last bit of snow on Cairngorm Mountain in Scotland.

In between are photos from horse and bike races, a royal visit for wounded veterans, an unusual portrait, and a memorial for victims of last week's shooting rampage.

Three Britons, including two female students, have been killed in a bus crash in South Africa.

Relatives of people killed in a suicide attack on a wedding party in southern Afghanistan have buried the victims.

A bus carrying British tourists has crashed on a notorious mountain road in northeast South Africa, klling two 19-year-old women.

The United Nations Security Council has approved new sanctions against Iran over its suspect nuclear programme.