People around the world take part in rituals to celebrate the end of a cycle in the Mayan calendar.
Mayan prophecy: a new beginning
22 Dec 2012
A man dressed in an Aztec costume performs a dance during a ceremony to mark the close of the 13th bak'tun outside the Pre Columbian archeological zone of Teotihuacan on December 21, 2012. Thousands of mystics, hippies and tourists celebrated in the sunshine of southeastern Mexico on Friday as the Earth survived a day billed by doomsday theorists as the end of the world and a new era began for the Maya people. Photo: Reuters
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![]( "Cultural relief - A wall relief that is part of \"The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia\" exhibition at the Museum of History in Tsim Sha Tsui. The relief \"attack on an enemy town\" shows an Assyrian assault on a town probably in Turkey in 738 to 737BC. The exhibition which opens on Wednesday will be in Hong Kong until May 13. Photo: Sam Wong")
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![]( "Beach beast - People stand by the remains of a beached 18 metres long whale on Friday found early in the morning at the Predidents beach in the Sables d'Olonne, western France. Photo: AFP")
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![]( "An expert examines a watch made by A. Lange & Söhne. Photo: SCMP")
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![]( "China's Li Na celebrates after victory in her women's singles semi-final match against Russia's Maria Sharapova on the eleventh day of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Thursday. Photo: AFP")
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![]( "Down and out - Serena Williams of the US reacts after winning a point against Sloane Stephens of the US during their women's singles match on day ten of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Wednesday. The teenager Stephens eventually won and ended Williams’ bid for a historic calendar-year grand slam. Photo: AFP")
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![]( "It's a pig of a day: a resident walks with a pet pig on a hazy day in Beijing January 22, 2013. Photo: AFP")
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![]( "A man stands next to a white painted bronze sculpture of a baby titled \"Planet\" by British artist Marc Quinn at Garden by the Bay in Singapore on Monday. The sculpture, which was unveiled last Friday for permanent display at the gardens, is a depiction of the artist's infant son. Photo: AFP")
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![]( "A man walks past a sculpture in a central business district in Beijing. China's economy grew at its slowest pace in 13 years in 2012, the government said on Friday, but an uptick in the final quarter pointed to better news ahead for a prime driver of the tepid global recovery. Photo: AFP")
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![]( "Lawmaker Albert Chan Wai-yip throws an object towards Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying in the Legislative Council at government headquarters in Tamar on Thursday. Leung met lawmakers for a question-and-answer session after delivering his maiden policy address on Wednesday. Photo: Edward Wong")
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