The streets of England turned red and white yesterday as Three Lions fans cheered the team's first ever World Cup penalty shootout victory against Colombia.
But it seems the streets of Russia also turned red - at least in the city of Norilsk.
In bizarre scenes, the Soviet mining city was covered with red dust which rained down from the sky near a metal processing plant.
Cars parked next to the nickel and copper processing facility were left covered with the dust, as was the tarmac around them.
'It is like a horror movie. There was bloody rain,' said one social media comment.
Residents of the notoriously polluted town feared the substance might be hazardous, but Nornickel, which owns the plant, said it was harmless.
In fact the substance was little more than rust which had been washed off one of the company's buildings as the firm tired to clean it up.
But strong winds and rain carried it over the local area causing the strange scene.
The city - closed to foreigners - is seen as one of the mot polluted in the world but a clean up is underway.
This article has been adapted from its original source.
