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Pro-independence supporters stood across dozens of major highways and blocked trains during a general strike called by pro-independence campaigners.

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Protesters jump onto the tracks to block trains at the Sants Station in Barcelona.Lluis Gene/AFP / Getty Images

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Protesters block the tracks inside the high speed train station in Girona, Spain.Albert Gea/Reuters

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Demonstrators block a highway in Vilassar de Mar, Spain.Manu Fernandez/The Associated Press

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Demonstrators block a highway during a general strike in Borrassa, near Girona.Emilio Morenatti/The Associated Press

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Demonstrators block a highway during the general strike in Barcelona.Santi Palacios/The Associated Press

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Demonstrators block a highway during a general strike in Borrassa, Spain.Emilio Morenatti/The Associated Press

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Police remove protestors blocking a ring road in Barcelona.Albert Gea/Reuters

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Catalan policemen take down a giant independence banner.Josep Lago/AFP / Getty Images

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Protesters gather in Sant Jaume square during a partial regional strike in Barcelona.Albert Gea/Reuters

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A man wearing an Catalan pro-independence flag demonstrates outside the Generalitat Palace in Barcelona.Lluis Gene/AFP / Getty Images

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