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Photos: Scots head to polls for historic vote on independence

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A dog wearing a pro-independence "Yes" bandanna is walked on a street in Glasgow, Scotland, on Thursday.
Ian Macnicol / AFP / Getty Images

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Voters in Scotland will decide today whether to become independent, in a referendum that could break up the centuries-old United Kingdom and create Europe's newest country since the collapse of Yugoslavia.

After many months of campaigning, final opinion polls show the referendum result is too close to call. Results are expected on Friday.

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Young voters Jon Ramsay, left, and Joshua Darllow leave Broomhill Primary School polling station on Thursday in Glasgow, Scotland.
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A dog wearing a pro-independence "Yes" bandanna is walked on a street in Glasgow, Scotland, on Thursday.
Ian Macnicol / AFP / Getty Images
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Voters walk outside a polling station in Edinburgh on Thursday during Scotland's independence referendum.
Leon Neal / AFP / Getty Images