Britain will leave the European Union after voters passed the Brexit referendum by 52-48 Thursday, a move that triggered the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron and sent global financial markets into a tailspin.
"The EU for its part will be economically and politically damaged, facing the departure not only of its most free-market proponent but also a member with a U.N. Security Council veto and
powerful army," Reuters reported. "In one go, the bloc will lose around a sixth of its economic output."
Here are 13 reaction photos of the historic Brexit vote.
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron leaves Number 10 Downing Street with his wife, Samantha, to speak after Britain voted to leave the European Union, in London, Britain June 24, 2016. (Phil Noble/Reuters)
Ex-mayor of London Boris Johnson and his wife, Marina Wheeler, vote in the UK referendum on EU membership, at a polling station in London. (Sputnik via AP)
Nigel Farage, center, the leader of the UK Independence Party, reacts in celebration at a "Leave.EU" organization party for the British European Union membership referendum in London, Friday, June 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker wipes his brow before speaking during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, June 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon arrives to cast her vote at Broomhoouse Community Hall, Glasgow, as voters head to the polls across the UK in a historic referendum on whether the UK should remain a member of the European Union or leave. (Jane Barlow/PA Wire via AP Images)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a statement in Berlin, Germany, June 24, 2016, after Britain voted to leave the European Union in the EU BREXIT referendum. (Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters)
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen speaks during a press conference at the National Front party headquarters in Nanterre, outside Paris, Friday, June 24, 2016. Poster behind reads: Brexit. And now, France. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)
Donald Trump Donald Trump visits Scotland, Trump Turnberry Hotel, on June 24, 2016. (Rex Features via AP Images)
A taxi driver holds a Union flag, as he celebrates following the result of the EU referendum, in central London, Britain on June 24, 2016. (Toby Melville/Reuters)
Dawn breaks behind the Houses of Parliament and the statue of Winston Churchill in Westminster, London, Britain June 24, 2016. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)
A trader from BGC, a global brokerage company in London's Canary Wharf financial center, reacts during trading June 24, 2016 after Britain voted to leave the European Union in the EU. (Russell Boyce/Reuters)
A screen shows the exchange rates of British Pound/U.S. dollar, EURO/British Pound and US Dollar/Japanese Yen, at the Korea Exchange in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
The Metro newspaper headline the morning of the EU referendum results Newspaper front pages following British EU Referedum, London, Britain. (Rex Features via AP Images)
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