![[In pictures] Historic day as Catalonia declares independence before Spain's crackdown](https://static.euronews.com/articles/398071/1536x864_398071.jpg)
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It’s been a historic day in Spain today as the country’s Catalonia crisis plunged to new depths.
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Here is how the day unfolded in pictures.
Catalan leader Puigdemont votes, before Catalan parliament backs independence
Spain’s senate counters by voting to impose direct rule on Catalonia
Under pressure: Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy
Catalan chiefs sing the region’s anthem
Pro-independence supporters gather in large numbers before the regional Government building
Rajoy sacks Puigdemont and the Catalan parliament and calls fresh elections
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