Deadline passes for Mayan apocalypse without raining fire or killer earthquakes
The earth is still safely on its sphere despite Doomsdayer predictions of an impending apocalypse to coincide with the end of the Mayan age. Natives in Guatemala, centre, marked the culmination of their ancient calendar with dancing and rituals, while five thousand people celebrated at Stonehenge, left, as today coincided with their winter solstice celebrations. But one man had been keeping his fingers crossed that the world would end this morning – Martin Muller, far right, was set to make £50,000 after placing a £10 wager on the coming of the apocalypse.
