Thais flooded social media with digital prayers while crowds kept vigil outside a Bangkok hospital for ailing King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Thursday as the deeply polarised nation faces the prospect of losing its figure of unity.
Military coups are rarely good for business but at least one small sector of Turkey's economy has seen a roaring trade since a failed army revolt on July 15 - the nation's flag sellers.
Forces loyal to the Turkish government fought on Saturday to crush the remnants of a military coup attempt which crumbled after crowds answered President Tayyip Erdogan's call to take to the streets and dozens of rebels abandoned their tanks.
