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Doomsday: heading for safe haven
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Mayan dancers perform at the Xcaret Eco Theme Park on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Amid a worldwide frenzy of advertisers and new-agers preparing for a Maya apocalypse, one group is approaching December 21 with calm and equanimity, the people whose ancestors supposedly made the prediction in the first place. (AP Photo)
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A general view of Sirince village in western Turkey. Believers in the Mayan calendar’s doomsday prediction for December 21, 2012, are flocking to this village, which some believe is the only safe haven from the impending apocalypse because the Virgin Mary is said to have risen to heaven from there. (AFP Photo)
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A tourist is seen in near a Mayan temple at the Tikal archaeological site in Peten departament, 560 kms north of Guatemala City. Ceremonies will be held here to celebrate the end of the Mayan cycle known as Bak'tun 13 and the start of the new Maya Era on December 21. (AFP Photo)
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A figurine of Itzamana (C), the creator of writing, knowledge and the Mayan calendar, is seen as part of the archaeological exhibition "Society and Maya's Time" at the Anthropology Museum in Mexico City. This week, at sunrise on Friday, December 21, an era closes in the Maya Long Count calendar. (Reuters)
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Bottles of wine with labels reading 'the end of the world' are on sale in Sirince, a village in western Turkey. Believers in the Mayan calendar’s doomsday prediction for December 21, 2012, are flocking to Sirince village, which some believe is the only safe haven from the impending apocalypse because the Virgin Mary is said to have risen to heaven from there. (AFP Photo)
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French Gendarmes patrol in a street where mobil-homes are parked in the French southwestern village of Bugarach, near the 1,231 meter high peak of Bugarach. Some believe, it is one of the few places on Earth, which will be spared from the impending apocalypse on December 21, according to Mayan calender. (AFP Photo)
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A tourist looks at products on sale on the streets of Sirince, a village in western Turkey, which some believe is the only safe haven from the impending apocalypse because the Virgin Mary is said to have risen to heaven from there. The Mayan calendar has predicted doomsday on December 21. (AFP Photo)
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A sculpture of the Virgin Mary stands in a church courtyard in Sirince village in western Turkey. Believers in the Mayan calendar’s doomsday prediction for December 21, 2012, are flocking this village which some believe is the only safe haven from the impending apocalypse because the Virgin Mary is said to have risen to heaven from there. (AFP Photo)
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A leader of the Ukrainian Internet Party, wearing a Darth Vader outfit from the Star Wars saga, and an activist distribute goods to supposedly save Ukrainians from the end of the world on December 21. The date marks the end of an era that lasted over 5,000 years, according to the Mayan "Long Count" calendar. (AFP Photo)
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