Brexit in pictures: The UK leaves the EU

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Pro and anti-Brexit demonstrations and marches have been held across the country, as the UK counted down to leaving the European Union.

The UK officially left the EU at 23:00 GMT, ending 47 years of membership.

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A projection on to No 10 Downing Street marks the moment the UK left the European Union

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People cheer Britain's exit from the EU as the clock chimes 23:00 GMT in Warrington

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Pro-EU supporters light candles in Smith Square, Westminster

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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage celebrates Britain's departure from the EU in Parliament Square

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A pro-Brexit supporter climbs the plinth of Winston Churchill's statue on Parliament Square

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In Brussels, the UK flag is removed from the European Council building

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The Foreign and Commonwealth Office in central London is lit up in the colours of the union flag

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The flag is taken down and folded up outside the European Parliament building in Brussels

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Brexiteers head towards Parliament Square in London

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Crowds gather early on Friday in Parliament Square ahead of the Brexit celebrations

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Pro-Brexit supporters wearing union flag-themed clothes pose for a photograph

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Supporters of the EU hold a procession through Whitehall to "bid a fond farewell" to the union

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A pro-EU activist wearing a cape decorated with an EU flag design joins a rally organised by civil rights group New Europeans outside Europe House, central London

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A pro-EU message is projected onto the cliffs in Ramsgate, Kent.

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St Andrew's House, a Scottish Government building, in Edinburgh, is illuminated in the colours of the European flag

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Customers Scott Jones and Laura Jones at the Sawmill Bar in South Elmsall, Yorkshire

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The prime minister holds a cabinet meeting at the National Glass Centre, a museum and arts centre in Sunderland, the city that was the first to back Brexit when results were announced after the 2016 referendum

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