In Pictures: Britain goes to the polls in Brexit referendum

Storms overnight had caused flooding in some parts of London, but that didn't stop Britons from heading to the polls to have their say in the Brexit referendum.

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Jun 23, 2016, 07:30 PM

Voting slips in the European Union (EU) referendum sit to the table ready to be counted at Manchester Central Convention Complex in Manchester on June 23. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

Supporters of the Stronger In Campaign react after hearing the result from Orkney in the EU referendum at a results party at the Royal Festival Hall in London on June 24. PHOTO: AFP

A sign is displayed opposite the M4 near Tata Steel works, on the day of the EU referendum, in Port Talbot in Wales on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man wearing a "Vote Remain" T-shirt walks in the rain in central London on June 23. PHOTO: AFP

A European Union (EU) referendum neon sign sits at Manchester Town Hall in Manchester on June 23. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

Former London Mayor Boris Johnson (centre) and wife Marina Wheeler at a polling station in north London on June 23. PHOTO: EPA

A workers counts ballots after polling stations closed in Islington, London, on June 23. PHOTO: REUTERS

Vote-counting staff sort ballot papers at a counting centre at The Royal Horticultural Halls in central London on June 23. PHOTO: AFP

Ballots are counted at the Titanic Exhibition centre on June 23. PHOTO: AFP

Staff count ballot papers at the Glasgow count centre at the Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland, on June 23. PHOTO: AFP

Leave.eu supporters celebrate the result in Sunderland after polling stations closed in London on June 23. PHOTO: REUTERS

A "Vote Remain" activist urges people to vote outside Kings Cross station in central London on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A man passes a polling station on the day of the EU referendum in central London, Britain June 23, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

People arrive to vote at a polling station set up at the Anglesea Arms pub in London, on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A woman cycles out of a polling station for the Referendum on the European Union in Chelsea, London, Britain, on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Jacqui Vaughan (left) and Sophie Allison ride out of the driveway of a private residence used as a polling station, near Reading, west of London, on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A woman arrives to cast her vote at the Parish church of St Peter in West Blatchington, near Brighton in southern England, on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Nuns leave a polling station after voting in the EU referendum in London on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

A man wearing a European-themed cycling jersey leaves after voting at a polling station in north London on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A woman carries an umbrella past a polling station in north London on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man carries a painting outside a polling station in north London on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Signs are put up outside the polling station at West Blatchington Windmill near Brighton, in southern England, on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A worker sweeps rubbish in the road near a polling station sign in London on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

An illuminated "In or Out" sign is pictured outside a house in Hangleton, near Brighton in southern England, on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A Brexit supporter waters her plants outside her home in Headington, outside Oxford, on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Foreign currency exchanges in Sydney, Australia, on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon leaves after voting in the EU referendum at Broomhouse Community Hall in Glasgow, Scotland, on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man cycles past a polling station in west London on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha leave after voting at the Central Methodist Hall in London on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

A man arrives to vote at a polling station in north London on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A pensioner uses a smartphone to photograph the media as he arrives at a polling station at the Royal Hospital in Chelsea, west London, on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Pensioners leave after voting at a polling station in Chelsea in London on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man shelters from the rain as he arrives at a polling station in London on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

United Kingdom Independence Party (Ukip) leader Nigel Farage leaves a polling station south of London on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Vote Leave posters are seen in a window in Chelsea, London, on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man leaves after voting at a polling station in Biggin Hill on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man leaves after voting at a polling station in Tower Hamlets, east London, on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Nuns leave after casting their votes at a polling station in London on June 23, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

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