Catalan independence referendum

Conflict
Chronicle of a crackdown on Catalonia’s independence vote
Riot police grab at a woman near a polling station for the banned independence referendum in Barcelona, Spain, on Oct. 1, 2017.
Conflict
Spanish riot police fight to suppress Catalonia’s defiant independence vote
People hold Esteladas (Catalan separatist flags) as they wait for a closing rally in favour of the banned October 1 independence referendum in Barcelona, Spain.
Global Politics
Tensions heat up before Catalan independence vote