
Funny side: A humorous seven-day weather forecast which shows balls of fire predicted to rain down on earth today


World wide web: A man holding a calendar with a Mayan temple on for 2013 and right, Game of Thrones starring Sean Bean

Film fame: The iconic scene from film Pulp Fiction starring Samuel L Jackson is depicted in one of the virals

Popular: Some of the virals have been sent on by hundreds of thousands of people across the internet

Internet fame: Many of the amusing photos were posed on social news and entertainment website Reddit

Under attack: This illustration of Australia's Sydney Harbour under attack from flaming balls of fire and a dinosaur as well as aliens was posted with the caption 'This was not photoshopped'

Minutes to go: Crowds of Guatemalan Mayan natives took part in celebrations marking the end of the Mayan age at the Tikal archaeological site, Peten departament, 560 kms north of Guatemala City


Patience: Doomsdayers and prophecy believers have tied the prediction to the extraordinary date of 21.12.12 and are now waiting for 'the end'

Waiting game: Natives in Guatemala are pictured hosting celebrations marking the end of the Mayan age - foretold in bygone times as the signal for the end of the world - at the Tikal archaeological site

Not such a safe bet: Martin Muller was set to make £50,000 after placing a £10 wager on the coming of the apocalypse with betting firm Paddy Power

Good time: Men disguised in 'martian' outfits drink beers on the streets of France. Doomsday followers were convinced there will be no December 22nd for anyone except for those who make it to the hamlet, which has a population of 189 people

Alien fun: Women with their faces painted in green walk in the French southwestern village of Bugarach, near the 1,231 meter high peak of Bugarach - one of the few places on Earth some believe would be spared


In the spirit: A painting, left, was been placed at the foot of the Bugarach mountain in anticipation of the apocalypse while Sylvain Durif, right, presenting himself as the messenger of God and Christ, played panpipes

Salvation: Backpackers arrive in Bugarath, the small village in the foothills of the Pyrenees.Five 'hippies' including one brandishing a Taser gun were turned back by French police as they tried to enter the mountain village


Block: The 100 odd police set up road blocks and said no-one else would be allowed up until after Christmas

Draw: Bugarach, in the foothills of the Pyrenees, is said to contain a mystical UFO garage which will ferry people off planet earth as the Mayan Calendar runs out

Rejoice: More than 5,000 people have gathered to mark the winter solstice at Stonehenge as the date coincides with the end of the 5,125-year "long count" cycle of the Mayan calendar

Double celebration: Winter solstice celebrated at Stonehenge with revellers, Druids & Pagans. More than usual congregated at Salisbury Plain as the date coincides with the end of the Mayan calendar


People react as they see the sun starting to rise on the horizon before its light hits them, while Druid leader Arthur Uther Pendragon, right, looks up

Mass appeal: Druids and pagans are among those who head to Stonehenge each December to watch the sunrise on the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere

Ritual: Peruvian shamans perform a ritual at a beach to prevent the end of the world, in Lima

Ward off: Shamans performed several rituals to calm believers and ward off the end of the world predictions

Effort: A Peruvian shaman performs a ritual at the edge of the sea to stop the 'end of the world'

Preparation: Mayan priests place flowers for a ceremony at Iximche archeological site in preparation for the Oxlajuj B'aktun in Tecpan

We're alive! Students in Taiwan jump together in front of a mock pyramid after the countdown time when many believe the Mayan people predicted the end of the world

Jubilant: In Britain believers think the world will end - or change - at 11:11 GMT

Speaking out: A Turkish Muslim speaks to a crowd about doomsday in Sirince

Opportunity: Staff of the bar Carnegie's, pose as they hold a flyer for the 'end of the world' party, in Hong Kong

Party like no tomorrow: A Cold War bunker in Moscow designed to protect Soviet leaders in case of nuclear attacks will host the ultimate doomsday party

First past the post: With Australia one of the first countries to see the sun rise on what is supposed to be the end of days, Tourism Australia's Facebook page was bombarded with posts asking if anyone survived Down Under. 'Yes, we're alive,' the organisation responded to worried users

On stand by: Visitors and members of Naples amateur astronomy association 'Unione Astrofili Napoletani' stand by a telescope to dispute the world ending

Big talk: Massimo della Valle, the director of the astronomical observatory of Capodimonte delivers a speech on the end of the world
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