Photos: Doomsday
Dec. 21 started out as the prophetic day some had believed would usher in the fiery end of the world. By afternoon, it had become more comic than cosmic.
Doomsday is here and so still are we
People dressed in alien costumes pose for a photo in front of Pic de Bugarach mountain at a small party in the town of Bugarach, France, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Although the long expected end of the Mayan calendar has come, the New Age enthusiasts have steered clear from the sleepy French town of Bugarach, which gave some locals a chance to joke about the UFO legends that surround the area. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
People gather around a sacred fire at the Mayan archeological site of Iximche during a ceremony marking the end of the 13th Oxlajuj B'aktun in Tecpan, Guatemala, early Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. The end of the 13th Oxlajuj B'aktun marks a new period in the Mayan calendar, an event only comparable in recent times with the new millennium in 2000. While the Mayan calendar cycle has prompted a wave of doomsday speculation across the globe, few in the Mayan heartland believe the world will end on Friday. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
Indians gather for a ceremony at the Iximche archeological site in Tecpan, Guatemala, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. While the Mayan calendar cycle has prompted a wave of doomsday speculation across the globe, few in the Mayan heartland believe the world will end on Friday. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
A woman dressed in an alien costume attends a small party in the town of Bugarach, France, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Although the long expected end of the Mayan calendar has come, the New Age enthusiasts have steered clear from the sleepy French town of Bugarach, which gave some locals a chance to joke about the UFO legends that surround the area. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
People gather around a sacred fire during a ceremony at the Iximche archeological site to mark the end of the 13th Oxlajuj B'aktun in Tecpan, Guatemala, early Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. The end of the 13th Oxlajuj B'aktun marks a new period in the Mayan calendar, an event only comparable in recent times with the new millennium in 2000. While the Mayan calendar cycle has prompted a wave of doomsday speculation across the globe, few in the Mayan heartland believe the world will end on Friday. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
People dressed in alien costumes hold a chicken before cooking it during a small party in the town of Bugarach, France, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Although the long expected end of the Mayan calendar has come, the New Age enthusiasts have steered clear from the sleepy French town of Bugarach, which gave some locals a chance to joke about the UFO legends that surround the area. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
People dressed in alien costumes attend a small party in the town of Bugarach, France, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Although the long expected end of the Mayan calendar has come, the New Age enthusiasts have steered clear from the sleepy French town of Bugarach, which gave some locals a chance to joke about the UFO legends that surround the area. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
People dressed in alien costumes have a small party in the town of Bugarach, France, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Although the long expected end of the Mayan calendar has come, the New Age enthusiasts have steered clear from the sleepy French town of Bugarach, which gave some locals a chance to joke about the UFO legends that surround the area. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
People dressed in alien costumes attend a small party in the town of Bugarach, France, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Although the long expected end of the Mayan calendar has come, the New Age enthusiasts have steered clear from the sleepy French town of Bugarach, which gave some locals a chance to joke about the UFO legends that surround the area. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
People in alien costumes stand on a street in the town of Bugarach, France, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Although the long expected end of the Mayan calendar has come, the New Age enthusiasts have steered clear from the sleepy French town of Bugarach, which gave some locals a chance to joke about the UFO legends that surround the area. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
Members of the media report from the town of Bugarach, France, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Although the long expected end of the Mayan calendar has come, the only group of visitors that the small French town of Bugarach had received were not New Age enthusiasts, but the members of the press core, coming en masse to report about the end of the world legends and sometimes disrupting the peaceful lives of Bugarach villagers.(AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
People put up a banner reading "It's not the end of the world if you cheat on your husband" in French in the town of Bugarach, France, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Although the long expected end of the Mayan calendar has come, the New Age enthusiasts have steered clear from the sleepy French town of Bugarach, which gave some locals a chance to joke about the end of the world legends that surround the area. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
This photo shows a view of the Pic de Bugarach mountain near the town of Bugarach, France, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Although the long expected end of the Mayan calendar has come, the only group of visitors that the small French town of Bugarach had received were not New Age enthusiasts or sagacious Mayan elders, but the members of the press corp., coming en masse to report about the end of the world legends and sometimes disrupting the peaceful lives of Bugarach villagers.(AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
Pic de Bugarach mountain rises above the small town of Bugarach, France, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Although the long expected end of the Mayan calendar has come, the New Age enthusiasts have steered clear from the sleepy French town of Bugarach, which gave some locals a chance to joke about the end of the world legends that surround the area. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
People seen at the Serbian mountain of Rtanj, some 220km (140 miles) southeast of Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Though the Mayans never predicted outright that the world would end Friday, some New Agers are convinced that the apocalypse is indeed coming Dec. 21, 2012, the supposed end of a 5,125-year Mayan calendar. While descendants of the ancient Mayans in Mexico are facing the date with a calm conviction that life will go on, a frenzy has gripped others across the world, drawing them to several spots said to promise survival. Mayan doomsday cultists are flocking to Mount Rtanj, a pyramidal peak in Serbia, which they believe may have the power to save them on December 21.(AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
Dancers perform as the sun rises at the Teotihuacan archeological site in Teotihuacan, Mexico, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Many believe today is the conclusion of a vast, 5,125-year cycle in the Mayan calendar. Some have interpreted the prophetic moment as the end of the world, while others as believed it marked the birth of a new and better age. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
Students react during the countdown to when many believe the Mayan people predicted the end of the world, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Taichung, southern Taiwan. the Mayas' 13th Baktun would officially end on this Dec. 21. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
Students react during the countdown to when many believe the Mayan people predicted the end of the world, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Taichung, southern Taiwan. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
Students watch during the countdown to when many believe the Mayan people predicted the end of the world, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Taichung, southern Taiwan. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
Students take pictures of themselves in front of a mock pyramid during the countdown to when many believe the Mayan people predicted the end of the world, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Taichung, southern Taiwan. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
Students jump together to pose for photographers in front of a mock pyramid after the countdown time when many believe the Mayan people predicted the end of the world, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Taichung, southern Taiwan. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
A car past a traffic sign saying "Rtanj" in the Serbian mountain of Rtanj, some 220km (140 miles) southeast of Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Though the Mayans never predicted outright that the world would end Friday, some New Agers are convinced that the apocalypse is indeed coming Dec. 21, 2012, the supposed end of a 5,125-year Mayan calendar. While descendants of the ancient Mayans in Mexico are facing the date with a calm conviction that life will go on, a frenzy has gripped others across the world, drawing them to several spots said to promise survival. Mayan doomsday cultists are flocking to Mount Rtanj, a pyramidal peak in Serbia, which they believe may have the power to save them on December 21.(AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
Pyramid-shaped peak, Siljak, in the Serbian mountain of Rtanj, some 220km (140 miles) southeast of Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Though the Mayans never predicted outright that the world would end Friday, some New Agers are convinced that the apocalypse is indeed coming Dec. 21, 2012, the supposed end of a 5,125-year Mayan calendar. While descendants of the ancient Mayans in Mexico are facing the date with a calm conviction that life will go on, a frenzy has gripped others across the world, drawing them to several spots said to promise survival. Mayan doomsday cultists are flocking to Mount Rtanj, a pyramidal peak in Serbia, which they believe may have the power to save them on December 21.(AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
People seen at the Serbian mountain of Rtanj, some 220km (140 miles) southeast of Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Though the Mayans never predicted outright that the world would end Friday, some New Agers are convinced that the apocalypse is indeed coming Dec. 21, 2012, the supposed end of a 5,125-year Mayan calendar. While descendants of the ancient Mayans in Mexico are facing the date with a calm conviction that life will go on, a frenzy has gripped others across the world, drawing them to several spots said to promise survival. Mayan doomsday cultists are flocking to Mount Rtanj, a pyramidal peak in Serbia, which they believe may have the power to save them on December 21.(AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
Pyramid-shaped peak, Siljak, in the Serbian mountain of Rtanj, some 220km (140 miles) southeast of Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Though the Mayans never predicted outright that the world would end Friday, some New Agers are convinced that the apocalypse is indeed coming Dec. 21, 2012, the supposed end of a 5,125-year Mayan calendar. While descendants of the ancient Mayans in Mexico are facing the date with a calm conviction that life will go on, a frenzy has gripped others across the world, drawing them to several spots said to promise survival. Mayan doomsday cultists are flocking to Mount Rtanj, a pyramidal peak in Serbia, which they believe may have the power to save them on December 21.(AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
A car past a traffic sign saying "Rtanj" in the Serbian mountain of Rtanj, some 220km (140 miles) southeast of Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Though the Mayans never predicted outright that the world would end Friday, some New Agers are convinced that the apocalypse is indeed coming Dec. 21, 2012, the supposed end of a 5,125-year Mayan calendar. While descendants of the ancient Mayans in Mexico are facing the date with a calm conviction that life will go on, a frenzy has gripped others across the world, drawing them to several spots said to promise survival. Mayan doomsday cultists are flocking to Mount Rtanj, a pyramidal peak in Serbia, which they believe may have the power to save them on December 21.(AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
Supporters of the leftist, indigenous Zapatista movement march in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Organizers said some 12,000 people marched in the cities of Ocosingo, Palenque and San Cristobal de las Casas. The marches marked the Dec. 22 killing of 45 indigenous Zapatista backers by a rival armed local group. They also marked the conclusion of a 5,125-year cycle in the Mayan calendar. (AP Photo/Ivan Castaneira)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
The sun rises behind the Kukulkan temple in Chichen Itza, Mexico, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Ceremonial fires burned and conches sounded off as dawn broke over the steps of the main pyramid at the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza Friday, making what many believe is the conclusion of a vast, 5,125-year cycle in the Mayan calendar. Some have interpreted the prophetic moment as the end of the world. The hundreds gathered in the ancient Mayan city, however, said they believed it marked the birth of a new and better age. (AP Photo/Israel Leal)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
A woman meditates as she sits on the top of the Pyramid of the Sun at sunrise inside the Teotihuacan archeological site in Teotihuacan, Mexico, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Many believe today is the conclusion of a vast, 5,125-year cycle in the Mayan calendar. Some have interpreted the prophetic moment as the end of the world, while others as believed it marked the birth of a new and better age. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
People watch in a ceremony at the Iximche archeological site to mark the end of the 13th Oxlajuj B'aktun in Tecpan, Guatemala, as the sun rises on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. The end of the 13th Oxlajuj B'aktun marks a new period in the Mayan calendar, an event only comparable in recent times with the new millennium in 2000. While the Mayan calendar cycle has prompted a wave of doomsday speculation across the globe, few in the Mayan heartland believe the world will end on Friday. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
Wayne Yang photographed the sun rising over Kansas City from Kaw Point in Kansas City, Kansas, on the last day of the Mayan Calendar, Friday, December 21, 2012. Yang has wanted to photograph the sunrise to update his web page, and happened to choose this morning to take his photograph. (John Sleezer/Kansas City Star/MCT)
Doomsday is here and so still are we
Students dressed in graduation gowns pose in front of a mock pyramid moments before the countdown time when many believe the Mayan people predicted the end of the world, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Taichung, southern Taiwan. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
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