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Britons turned out to cast their ballots at a variety of polling stations from swimming pools, laundromats, boxing clubs and hair salons. The outcome of the close race between the Remain and Leave sides will decide the country’s future in the European Union.

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A man leaves after voting at a polling station for the Referendum on the European Union in Biggin Hill, Britain.Dylan Martinez/Reuters

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Voter Mrs Anne Whitman swims at Arundel Lido, set up as a polling station, in Arundel England.Glyn Kirk/AFP / Getty Images

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Jacqui Vaughan and Sophie Allison, riding horses Splash and Sharna, ride out of the driveway of a livery, used as a polling station, west of London.Adrian Dennis/AFP / Getty Images

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Local residents cast their votes at a polling station at the East Hull Boxing Club in Kingston-Upon-Hull, northern England.Lindsey Parnaby/AFP / Getty Images

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A polling station sign is attached to railings next to a cemetery in Redcar, United Kingdom.Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

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A man arrives to cast his vote at Maidens Bowling Club, which is being used as a polling station, in South Ayrshire, Scotland.Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters

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A presiding officer and poll clerk wait for voters in a laundromat set up as a polling station in outside Oxford, United Kingdom.Adrian Dennis/AFP / Getty Images

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A woman leaves a polling station set up inside a hairdresser's salon in Kingston upon Hull in northern England.Lindsey Parnaby/AFP / Getty Images

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A man leaves after casting his vote at a polling station set up in a residential garage in Croydon, south of London.Ben Stansall/AFP / Getty Images

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People arrive to cast their ballot inside a polling station set up at Littleborough Community Fire Station, northern England.Oli Scarff/AFP / Getty Images

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