World Cup 2010: host cities in pictures

Hot and humid weather suits the "golden mile", a stretch of beaches in Durban Photograph: Joe Sohm/Joe Sohm

Polokwane: The new Peter Mokaba Stadium Photograph: Alexander Joe/AFP

Johannesburg: A girl outside the newly built World Cup 2010 soccer city stadium during the launch of "Football Friday", an initiative by the World Cup Local Organising Committee Photograph: Paballo Thekiso/AFP

Pretoria: Jacaranda trees in bloom in the administrative capital Photograph: Frans Lemmens/Getty Images/Lonely Planet Images

Port Elizabeth: The Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Photograph: Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty Images

Bloemfontein: A view from Naval Hill in the judicial capital of South Africa Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

Nelspruit: A local resident's home is dwarfed by the Mbombela Stadium in the town that is teh gateway to teh Kruger National Park Photograph: David Rogers/guardian.co.uk

Cape Town: one of the world's most idyllic settings, nestled between the ocean and Table Mountain Photograph: Bob Krist/Corbis

Rustenburg: The electronic scoreboard in The Royal Bafokeng Stadium Photograph: Matthew Ashton/Corbis