Thousands of people around the world mark 'doomsday'
Events had been organised for people to come together to gather for the oncoming Armageddon, the most prominent of these was a mountain in the French Pyrenees where a giant UFO and aliens were said to be waiting to spirit those nearby to safety.
In York, the York Chocolate Story put on a special "A-choc-alypse" ceremony today, to mark the event.
Mayan doomsday: 21st December 2012 apocalypse
Some believe 21st December 2012 is foretold as the end of the world by Mayan hieroglyphs.
NASA uploads 'Why The World Didn't End' video early
NASA is so convinced the world will not end on 21 December it has already released a video titled "Why The World Didn't End Yesterday".