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Last year's unveiling of the clock - which represents how near we are to apocalypse - saw it tick the closest to midnight it's ever been, so what does the 2024 ceremony hold in store for humanity?

Last year's unveiling of Doomsday Clock - which represents how near we are to apocalypse - saw it tick the closest to midnight than it's ever been, so what does the 2024 ceremony hold in store for humanity?

As the Doomsday Clock gets reset, The Mirror takes a look at what it's based on, how the time is set and what it actually means for mankind

Scientists say the Doomsday Clock is the closest it's ever been to midnight, which spells the 'end of the world' but critics say its concept is nothing but a PR stunt and it needs to be scrapped

Today we will find out how close the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists believes us to be to human-made catastrophe. Will it be worse than 2024 - when the Bulletin said we were closer to disaster than ever?

Ahead of terrifying new BBC documentary Nuclear Armageddon: How Close Are We?, we take a look at the history of the Doomsday Clock, with a new 'minutes to midnight' warning set to be announced in the days to come

Paul Mackenzie was arrested in April 2023 after 429 bodies were discovered in shallow graves in Shakahola forest, Malindi, with dozens of followers set to be charged

The Doomsday Clock, set by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, represents how close humanity is to self-destruction by warning how many metaphorical "minutes to midnight" humanity has left

The Doomsday Clock, set by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, represents how close humanity is to self-destruction by warning how many metaphorical "minutes to midnight" humanity has left

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists unveiled the Doomsday Clock in 1947 as a means to represent the imminent threat of man-made global catastrophe, which is currently set at 90 seconds to midnight

Originally intended to warn of the threat of nuclear armageddon, the Doomsday Clock now looks to reveal how close humanity is to self-annihilation, due to factors such as climate change

The Doomsday Clock now stands at 90 seconds to midnight—the closest to global catastrophe it has ever been—largely, but not exclusively, because of the war in Ukraine