December 20, 2012

The much-anticipated date for the end of the world is finally coming, as predicted by the Mayans, and we’ve got the latest updates on how the globe is dealing with 'Armageddon.'

16:00 GMT: 'Armageddon' day begins in Hong Kong.

15:36 GMT: Argentina has closed Uritorfco Mountain over fears that Armageddon-watchers will commit mass suicide. 

View of the Uritorco hill, near Capilla del Monte in Cordoba some 800 km northwest of Buenos Aires on December 18, 2012 (AFP Photo / Mariela Atia)

15:10 GMT: Moscow residents are shelling out $1000 for tickets to a ‘Doomsday Party’ in a Cold War-era bunker about 60 kilometers underground.

French Gendarmes patrol in a street o where mobil-homes parked, on December 20, 2012, 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 will be spared when the world allegedly ends according to claims regarding the ancient Mayan calendar, on December 21 (AFP Photo / Eric Canabis)

Tourists sit on a Mayan temple at the Tikal archaeological site in Peten departament, 560 kms north of Guatemala City, on December 19, 2012 (AFP Photo / Johan Ordonez)

Tourist are seen at a Mayan temple at the Tikal archaeological site in Peten departament, 560 kms north of Guatemala City (AFP Photo / Hector Retamal)

14:51 GMT: Guatemala has welcomed ‘doomsday’ with a special ceremony.

14:43 GMT: In the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia’s Far East, ‘Apocalypse Day’ has begun.

14:32 GMT: There are now more journalists than residents in the southwestern French village of Bugarach, as mystic groups arrive amid rumors that the town will be the only place to escape the ‘Mayan Apocalypse.’

14:30 GMT: Thousands of mystics, New Age dreamers and devotees of pre-Hispanic cultures are coming to Mexico in the hopes of seeing something amazing when ‘the end of the world’ dawns on Friday.

14:07 GMT: December, 21 comes to Japan.

14:06 GMT: Russia's Emergency Ministry warns the residents of the Moscow region of abnormally cold temperatures on the 'Apocalypse' night. Thermometers are set to show -26 degrees Celsius overnight, and rescuers highly recommend not to use cars and not to go outside.

14.05 GMT: A new trend has appeared in Russian Twitter: #TomorrowIsTheEndOfTheWorldAndIHaventYet, with the users coming up with their ideas of what they haven’t ever experienced, as the end of the world is nearing. Among the things that haven’t been done: a Justin Bieber concert, a trip to Hogwarts, a visit to a grandmother.

14.03 GMT: New Zealand and Australia were the first countries to welcome 'Armageddon Day.’

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