The fallout from the UK's vote to leave the European Union has been thrown into sharp relief by a surge in Google searches about emigration and dual nationality.
Google Trends shows that searches for those terms soared over the past 24 hours as Britain went to the polls and the results rolled in.
Google searches for buying gold - a move often taken during turbulent economic times - spiked in the early hours of the morning.
Ahead of the poll, the hashtag #IVotedRemain was the top trending topic on Twitter in the UK.
At one point, people were tweeting every couple of seconds using the hashtag.
But despite the thousands of tweets, the odds of a Brexit stood firm with the bookies.
It was not until the Sunderland result came in, with a strong Leave showing, that odds began to tumble.
By 11am on Friday, the hashtag #WhatHaveWeDone had started trending, as the 48% who voted to remain let off some steam.
With the prospect of a second Scottish independence referendum on the horizon, it should be no surprise that #indyref2 was also trending.
Most of the 10 trending topics were Brexit-related on Friday morning - including Bank of England governor Mark Carney, FTSE 100, and outgoing Prime Minister David Cameron.
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