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A woman rides a bicycle past murals depicting the late football star Diego Maradona.
A woman rides a bicycle past murals depicting the late football star Diego Maradona in his hometown neighbourhood of Villa Fiorito, in Buenos Aires province, Argentina [Tomas Cuesta/AFP]
Maradona's childhood home now a soup kitchen for the needy
Alejandro, a volunteer, prepares meat for a stew for neighbours in need at the yard of the childhood home of the late football star Diego Maradona, now transformed into a soup kitchen. [Tomas Cuesta/AFP]
Maradona's childhood home now a soup kitchen for the needy
A man touches a mural depicting the late football star Diego Maradona. [Tomas Cuesta/AFP]
Maradona's childhood home now a soup kitchen for the needy
Cook Maria Torres prepares a stew for neighbours in need at the yard of the childhood home of the late football star. [Tomas Cuesta/AFP]
Maradona's childhood home now a soup kitchen for the needy
People line up to receive food outside the yard of the childhood home of the late football star Diego Maradona. [Tomas Cuesta/AFP]
Maradona's childhood home now a soup kitchen for the needy
The second trial over the death of football star Diego Maradona begins on Tuesday, after the first one, which took place last year, was annulled when it was discovered that one of the judges was taking part in a clandestine documentary about the proceedings. [Tomas Cuesta/AFP]
Maradona's childhood home now a soup kitchen for the needy
Alejandro, a volunteer, prepares a stew for neighbours in need at the yard of the childhood home of the late football star Diego Maradona, now transformed into a soup kitchen, in Villa Fiorito, Buenos Aires province. [Tomas Cuesta/AFP]
Maradona's childhood home now a soup kitchen for the needy
People line up to receive food at the yard of the childhood home of the late football star. [Tomas Cuesta/AFP]
Maradona's childhood home now a soup kitchen for the needy
Diego Maradona would be happy, his fans say. [Tomas Cuesta/AFP]
Maradona's childhood home now a soup kitchen for the needy
A man sits in front of a mural depicting late football star Diego Maradona and reading in Spanish "Fiorito city of God", at the yard of the childhood home of the late football star Diego Maradona. [Tomas Cuesta/AFP]
Maradona's childhood home now a soup kitchen for the needy
Father Leonardo Torres, instrumental in establishing the soup kitchen, recalls Maradona's stories about his mother, Dalma "Tota" Franco, sacrificing her own meals so he could eat. [Tomas Cuesta/AFP]
Maradona's childhood home now a soup kitchen for the needy
"Diego said that his mother would pretend her stomach hurt so he could eat," Father Leonardo Torres recounted. "We want many 'Totas' and many 'Diegos' to leave here with a full stomach." [Tomas Cuesta/AFP]
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