Duplicate photographs in iCloud Photos?

I just transitioned from iPhoto to the new iCloud Photos on my MacBook Pro.
After enabling the iCloud sharing feature, I notice that my photo library now has numerous duplicates that i would like to merge or delete.
The old iPhoto application had a feature which could do an automated search and remove for duplicates, but I can't seem to find a similar option for iCloud Photos.
Can anyone assist?

The problem is iCloud Photo Library Beta. It is still a beta version and the matching Photos.app on your Mac has yet to be released, as LarryHN pointed out, probably early next year.
If you enable iCloud Photo Library Beta on your Mobile devices, it will disable syncing your photos from your Mac to the devices ( iTunes Photo Sync, My Photo Stream) and you can't sync your iPhoto Library or Aperture library to the mobile devices.
My Photo Stream will be only only one-way - from your iPad and iPhone to your Mac, but there is no longer an easy way to upload your photos from the Mac to your mobile devices, because iCloud Photo Library is not yet supported on the Mac.  iCloud Photo Library disables My Photo Stream upload.
If you need to upload photos from your Mac using Photo stream or iTunes Photo Sync, disable  iCloud Photo Library Beta, until it is out of Beta and supported on your Mac.

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