A number of Mexican states that boast Maya monuments are holding festivities in connection with the arrival of a new era.
Meanwhile, apocalyptic forecasts have triggered panic in countries all over the world with scenarios for the end of human civilization ranging from falling meteorites to mass suicide.
Voice of Russia, Interfax
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