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THE deadly passion for selfies has now claimed the lives of 330 people across the globe, shocking new figures show.
Over the past decade, each year has seen tragic deaths including people falling off cliffs, being electrocuted or drowned in the search for the perfect picture.
Scientists have in the past called for ‘no selfie zones’ in a bid to cut the number of deaths.
Three countries stand out as having the most selfie deaths injuries – India, which has seen 176 related to taking selfies, the United States with 26 and Russia with 19.
When it comes to locations, the most common one for a selfie death or injury is a railway line.
Some 62 people have died or been hurt on tracks, 38 on cliffs and 24 on rivers, figures compiled by inkifi.com using media reports from around the world reveal.
Earlier this year we reported a girl in India taking selfies drowned when she was accidentally knocked into a river by an oblivious tourist.
Nirupama Prajapati was standing on some boulders when a man, also taking pictures, took a step backwards and tripped – causing her to accidentally fall into the turbulent waters below.
In 2017, eight men, aged 21 and 28 died when then they went to one side of a boat to take a group selfie and drowned when they capsized the vessel on a reservoir near Nagpur in India.
Three members of the same family drowned while trying to take a selfie in a deep pond.
The men, all non-swimmers, set up a camera on the water’s edge to pose for a photo together but began struggling to stay afloat in Gauridham Kund, India .
The country also saw 48 people injured when they were taking selfies during a bakery fire in Chennai.
Cliff edges are a natural place to take a selfie but they are also sadly the scene of deaths.
At the end of last year, Guilherme Chiapetti, 22, suffered multiple fractures and traumatic brain injuries after hitting his head at Cachoeira da Onça, a taking a selfie at beauty spot in Brazil.
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