Sharing the Screen

Sharing the Screen
Addis Abeba seems to have been getting wild with football fervour and quiet on everything else. The majority of city residents are glued to TV screens, following the World Cup matches. But nowhere is as fair in treating fans as Meskel Square, with both the haves, sitting in their cars, and the have-nots, lined up on the floor, all sharing a 48sqm colour screen. When the matches started two weeks ago, there were only a few people scattered around the huge tract at the square. Now, more cars and pedestrians are drawn to the screen, like on this photo taken Saturday afternoon when Germany played against Sweden. The host country won the game.