• A woman wearing an “I’m In” T-shirt, promoting the official “Remain” campaign, leaves a polling station in London. Justin Tallis / AFP Photo
    A woman wearing an “I’m In” T-shirt, promoting the official “Remain” campaign, leaves a polling station in London. Justin Tallis / AFP Photo
  • Nuns leave a polling station after voting. Hannack McKay / EPA
    Nuns leave a polling station after voting. Hannack McKay / EPA
  • Voters go to the polls after a campaign that has been unprecedented in its bitterness and has divided the country, with accusations from both campaigns of racism, lying and even treason. Chris Ratcliffe / Bloomberg
    Voters go to the polls after a campaign that has been unprecedented in its bitterness and has divided the country, with accusations from both campaigns of racism, lying and even treason. Chris Ratcliffe / Bloomberg
  • Scotland’s First Minister and Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), Nicola Sturgeon, left, and her husband Peter Murrell vote in east Glasgow. Robert Perry / AFP Photo
    Scotland’s First Minister and Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), Nicola Sturgeon, left, and her husband Peter Murrell vote in east Glasgow. Robert Perry / AFP Photo
  • Britain’s prime minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha arrive to vote in London. in the EU referendum Alastair Grant / AP Photo
    Britain’s prime minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha arrive to vote in London. in the EU referendum Alastair Grant / AP Photo
  • United Kingdom Independence Party leader, Nigel Farage, arrives to cast his vote in Biggin Hill, south eastern England. Gareth Fuller / PA via AP
    United Kingdom Independence Party leader, Nigel Farage, arrives to cast his vote in Biggin Hill, south eastern England. Gareth Fuller / PA via AP
  • Opinion polls have provided no clue to the likely result. The rival Leave and Remain campaigns have been running virtually neck and neck for weeks. Glyn Kirk / AFP Photo
    Opinion polls have provided no clue to the likely result. The rival Leave and Remain campaigns have been running virtually neck and neck for weeks. Glyn Kirk / AFP Photo

Britain decides its future: EU referendum — in pictures


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Britain votes today in a referendum that will not only decide whether it stays in the European Union, but will also have worldwide implications for stock markets, currencies and global security.