World War 3 is in the headlines more and more these days – here are six of the most prominent pop culture examples, whether that's fighting ourselves or aliens One Simpsons episode is titled World War III (Image: © 1997 Fox and its related entities. All rights reserved.)

With tensions rising in Russia and the Middle East , anxieties about another global conflict are mounting – on the 80th anniversary of VE Day in May, as many as 55% of respondents even said they think world war is imminent, according to YouGov. ‌

But it’s not only political pundits or presidential tweets that help us predict when the end is nigh. Since the 1940s, many books, TV, cinema and even video games have all portrayed a fictional end of the world. ‌

From what we can glean from George Orwell, or ev

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