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Put Arbitrary Graphics at Each Vertex
Mathematica allows anything to be put at the vertices of a graph.
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GraphPlot[

 Flatten[Thread[# -> CountryData[#, "BorderingCountries"]] & /@ 

   CountryData["SouthAmerica"]], 

 VertexRenderingFunction -> (Inset[

     Show[CountryData[#2, "Shape"], ImageSize -> 30], #] &), 

 MultiedgeStyle -> None]
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