Women clash with Spanish Guardia Civil guards outside a polling station in Sarria de Ter, where Catalan president is supposed to vote, on October 1, 2017, on the day of a referendum on independence for Catalonia banned by Madrid. More than 5.3 million Catalans are called today to vote in a referendum on independence, surrounded by uncertainty over the intention of Spanish institutions to prevent this plebiscite banned by justice. / AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENE