Rokaia, aged 82, gestures as Algeria play their semi-final soccer match against Nigeria in the Africa...
Rokaia, aged 82, gestures as Algeria play their semi-final soccer match against Nigeria in the Africa Cup of Nations 2019 (Afcon), in Algiers, Algeria July 14, 2019. She said "I like football, I like to watch its funny moments. I am also the proof of how it brings the community together. I'm 82 years old and I'm here with a melting generation of people." International football can bring unimaginable joy to people from all walks of life but can also leave them distraught beyond comprehension, and that range of emotions reaches maximum exposure at the moment the ball hits the net and dreams are realized or shattered. Reuters photographers across the continent have captured those reactions in a series of telling images during the Africa Cup of Nations, which reaches its pinnacle when Algeria and Senegal meet in the final on Friday. Picture taken July 14, 2019. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina