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Lauren Hall-Lew writes on Facebook:

2020 is here and #WWIII is the new Twitter hashtag.

Crystal Patterson Muneau follows up:

I need an emoji reaction button to indicate how terrified I am.

You could, of course, just press Edvard Munch’s The Scream into service, or one its its many variants, like this Bizarro version:

(#1)

But actual emoji have been designed.

Here, for example, is the Face Screaming in Fear emoji from EmojiTerra:

(#2)

Note the wide-open eyes, the mouth opened in full voice, and the hands to the sides of the face.

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