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World Service,4 mins

Smiley face! Can emojis sum up a country?

The Fifth Floor

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Smiley faces, ice-creams, kittens - an emoji for every occasion. But can an emoji sum up a whole country? Over to our Fifth Floor colleagues: Famil Ismailov of 麻豆社 Russian, Hewete Haileselassie of 麻豆社 Africa, Gulnara Kasmambet of 麻豆社 Krygyz and Leyla Khodabakhshi of 麻豆社 Persian give us their suggestions on how to represent their home countries in emoji form. Photo edit: MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty Images

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