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Finland ranked the happiest country in the world for a fourth year

"Looking at sunset - Helsinki, Finland - Color street photography" by Giuseppe Milo (www.pixael.com) is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Source: "Looking at sunset - Helsinki, Finland - Color street photography" by Giuseppe Milo (www.pixael.com) is licensed under CC BY 2.0

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Finland has for the fourth consecutive year been ranked the world's happiest country, according to a United Nations report.

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