python to display the special characters

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Hi, I am facing issues with the special characters like ° and ® which represent the degreee Farenheit sign and the ® represent the registered sign,

when i print the string the contains the special characters, it gives output like this:

Preheat oven to 350&deg F

Welcome to Lorem Ipsum Inc&reg

is there a way i can output the exact characters and not their codes ? please let me know.

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