Greece votes yes or no
Greece voted July 5, 2015 on whether to accept more austerity in exchange for international aid, in a high-stakes referendum likely to determine whether it leaves the euro-currency area after seven years of economic pain.
Here, 'No' stickers are placed on a billboard depicting Greek singer and 'Yes' supporter Sakis Rouvas in Athens, July 5, 2015.
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Security escort Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (C) as he leaves a polling station after voting in Athens, July 5, 2015.
Greeks voted Sunday in a tightly fought referendum on whether to accept worsening austerity in exchange for more bailout funds, or reject it in a gamble that could see it crash out of the euro.
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Voting officials count votes after polls closed in Athens on July 5, 2015.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged people to vote 'a proud no' to European creditors' proposals, and 'live with dignity in Europe'. 'Yes' campaigners believe that a no vote would mean financial ruin for Greece and the loss of the Euro currency.
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A polling station official prepares ballots at a polling station during the Greek referendum in Athens on July 5, 2015. Greek voters headed to the polls today to vote in a historic, tightly fought referendum on whether to accept worsening austerity in exchange for more bailout funds, in a gamble that could see it crash out of the euro.
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Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis leaves the voting booth after casting his vote in the referendum at a school in the suburbs of Athens on July 5, 2015 in Athens, Greece. The people of Greece are going to the polls to decide if the country should accept the terms and conditions of a bailout with its creditors. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is urging people to vote 'a proud no' to European creditors' proposals, and 'live with dignity in Europe'. 'Yes' campaigners believe that a no vote would mean financial ruin for Greece and the loss of the Euro currency.
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Polling station officials count the ballots at a polling station in Athens on July 5, 2015. The 'No' vote was seen prevailing in Greece's referendum, as two exit polls suggest. Greek voters headed to the polls July 5 to vote in a historic, tightly-fought referendum on whether to accept worsening austerity measures in exchange for more bailout funds, in a gamble that could see the country crash out of the euro.
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People attend mass in the village of Meyisti, on the Island of Kastellorizo, which is the most easterly of the islands in Greece, July 5, 2015.
It was on this island, that former Prime Minister George Papandreou announced in 2010 that Greece required a rescue package. Greece voted on Sunday whether to accept more austerity in exchange for international aid, in a high-stakes referendum likely to determine whether it leaves the euro-currency area after seven years of economic pain.
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A man raises his arms as he leaves a polling booth before casting his ballot during a referendum vote in Athens, July 5, 2015.
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A woman casts her vote in the village of Meyisti, on the Island of Kastellorizo, which is the most easterly of the islands in Greece, July 5, 2015.
It was on this island, that former Prime Minister George Papandreou announced in 2010 that Greece required a rescue package.
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A man leaves the voting booth after marking his polling slip at a school near the Acropolis in Athens, July 5, 2015.
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People look at the first opinion polls at a cafe in the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece July 5, 2015.
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A man leaves a cabin after casting his vote at a polling station in Athens, July 5, 2015.
Greeks were voting Sunday in a critical bailout referendum, with opinion polls showing people evenly split on whether to accept creditors' proposals for more austerity in exchange for rescue loans, or defiantly reject the deal.
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A man tries to locate the place to cast his vote at a polling station in Athens, Sunday, July 5, 2015.
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An Orthodox priest prepares to put a referendum vote in the ballot box at a school in Athens, July 5, 2015.
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Athenians are seen inside polling booths at a school in Athens, July 5, 2015.
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A man checks a ballot before entering a polling booth during a referendum vote in Athens, July 5, 2015.
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A woman holds a placard with a Greek national flag next to a message in Greek reading, 'No' during a rally in support of Greece, in Madrid July 5, 2015.