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Thousands of people are gathered in the Plaza de Sant Jaume in Barcelona to protest the imprisonment of several members of the Catalan government after proclaiming the independent republic of Catalonia, in Barcelona on November 3, 2017. A judge in Madrid ordered eight ministers of Catalonia's deposed government to be held in jail pending further probes into their role in the region's quest for independence. They are all accused of sedition, rebellion and misuse of public funds. (Photo by Miquel Llop/NurPhoto via Getty Images)