Aftermath Of The Catalonian Independence Referendum

BARCELONA, SPAIN - OCTOBER 03: Citizens stand around ballot boxes during a tribute outside a school which acted as polling station in the referendum and was subsequently raided, during a regional general strike to protest against the violence that marred Sunday's referendum vote on October 3, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. According to Catalonia's government more than two million people voted on Sunday in the referendum of Catalonia, which the government in Madrid had declared illegal and undemocratic. Officials said that 90% of votes cast were for independence. The Catalan goverment's spokesman said that an estimated 770,000 votes were lost as a result of 400 polling stations being raided by Spanish police. Hundreds of citizens were injured during the police crackdown. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)