Massive destruction
The explosions in the sky came and went, occurring so frequently that in normal times one would need to start wondering at this point if the world would really end as each explosion was powerful enough to wipe out everything for miles around just like mini nuclear bombs.
Although the sun was present high in the skies, its light was so opaque that it could be easily ignored and its only use at this point was practically to let the humans know that in theory, they were still in daylight time and that the clocks were not misreading the time. It was just that the black sky above their heads was simply too dark, so dark that it could probably be categorized as the darkest night ever recorded in Earth's history.
However, even though there was insufficient sunlight, even though there was no moon to illuminate the earth, and even though there were no stars present to beautify the skies, this did not mean that there was no light or beauty shining above everyone's heads.