In Photos: Catalonia Independence Referendum

People cheer after voting at a school assigned to be a polling station by the Catalan government at the Gracia neighborhood in Barcelona, Spain, Oct. 1, 2017.

A girl grimaces as Spanish National Police pushes away pro-referendum supporters outside the Ramon Llull school assigned to be a polling station by the Catalan government in Barcelona, Oct.1, 2017.

A woman kisses a ballot before voting at a polling station for the banned independence referendum in Barcelona, Spain, Oct. 1, 2017.

Spanish riot police shoots rubber bullets straight to people trying to reach a voting site at a school assigned to be a polling station by the Catalan government in Barcelona, Oct. 1, 2017.

A woman shows a ballot to a Spanish Civil Guard officer outside a polling station for the banned independence referendum in Sant Julia de Ramis, Oct. 1, 2017.

People offer flowers to a civil guard at the entrance of a sports center, assigned to be a referendum polling station by the Catalan government in Sant Julia de Ramis, near Girona, Oct. 1, 2017.

A woman cries after civil guards dragged people away from the entrance of a sports center, assigned to be a referendum polling station by the Catalan government in Sant Julia de Ramis, near Girona, Oct. 1, 2017.

Civil guards clear people away from the entrance of a sports center, assigned to be a polling station by the Catalan government in Sant Julia de Ramis, near Girona, Oct. 1, 2017.

Catalan President Carles Puigdemont, center, speaks to the media at a sports center, assigned to be a polling station by the Catalan government in Sant Julia de Ramis, near Girona, Oct. 1, 2017.

Spanish riot police removes fences as they prevent people from reaching a school assigned to be a polling station by the Catalan government in Barcelona, Oct. 1, 2017.

Spanish Civil Guard officers break through a polling station for the banned independence referendum where Catalan President Carles Puigdemont was supposed to vote in Sant Julia de Ramis, Oct. 1, 2017.

Demonstrators wave Spanish flags during a demonstration in favor of a unified Spain on the day of a banned independence referendum in Catalonia, in Madrid, Oct. 1, 2017.

Spanish National Police prevents people from entering a school assigned to be a polling station by the Catalan government in Barcelona, Oct. 1, 2017.

People queue to vote at a school listed to be a polling station by the Catalan government in Barcelona, Spain, Oct. 1, 2017.

A man holds ballots at a polling station for the banned independence referendum in Barcelona, Oct. 1, 2017.

Catalan Mossos d'Esquadra officers walk while parents camp out at the entrance of the occupied Reina Violant elementary school, one of the designated polling stations, before the banned Oct. 1 independence referendum in Barcelona.