View image in fullscreen‘Merlin’ the duck has had quite the tournament. After going viral at the start of the World cup, the two-year-old duck – who was already a bit of a local celebrity in Mexico City – got to meet Claudia Sheinbaum, the president of Mexico,was banned from attending Mexico’s match against Czechia, and honoured on a commemorative lottery ticket Mexico’s national lottery.Photograph: Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ShutterstockShareView image in fullscreenEdvard Munch’s The Scream – World Cup 2026 edition.Photograph: Carl Recine/Getty