TOPSHOT - Demonstrators carry the ballot boxes used one year ago, during a demonstration in Barcelona on October 1, 2018 to commemorate the first anniversary of a banned referendum on secession that was marred by police violence. - On October 1, 2017, Catalan separatists held an illegal and divisive referendum which saw them launching a failed attempt to break away from Spain. A year on, however, the independence movement is divided and rudderless. (Photo by Pau Barrena / AFP)