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Australia reaches record number of selfie-related deaths, research shows

Nov 8, 2022 by Dunja Djudjic 3 Comments
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Why even hike if you won’t take a selfie from the most dangerous cliff for your followers to admire? I’m being sarcastic, of course, but it appears that more and more Australians are taking this approach seriously. According to a recent study, Australia has reached the highest number of selfie-related deaths in the past decade Specifically, deaths caused by falling off cliffs while taking selfies.

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India woman plunges to her death while taking a selfie by the waterfall

Aug 2, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic 3 Comments
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A woman in India recently fell to her death while trying to take a selfie by a waterfall. The woman was reportedly taking a selfie on the edge and lost her balance, after which the strong water current swept her away.

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Woman shoots herself while posing with a shotgun for a selfie

Jul 26, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic 12 Comments
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A 26-year-old woman from India has taken her own life by accident while posing for a selfie. She was posing with a shotgun last week and reportedly didn’t know that it had been loaded. According to the reports, she accidentally pulled the trigger, and taking a selfie turned into a tragedy.

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Woman plunges 115ft to her death while posing on a cliff to celebrate the end of coronavirus lockdown

May 4, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic 12 Comments
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Olesia Suspitsina (31) from Kazakhstan recently celebrated the end of the coronavirus lockdown with a hike. She climbed a cliff and asked her friend to take a photo of her, but sadly, the posing ended fatally. She slipped and fell off the cliff, plummeting straight to her death.

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Instagram is ‘killing’ Hallstatt, Let it go!

Jan 29, 2020 by David Williams 5 Comments
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Instagram has a tendency to make places ‘trend’. This makes global locations become inundated with tourists. Sometimes it’s cool, but sometimes this is to the detriment to the local community. Let’s look at what’s going on at Hallstatt as an example.

Hallstatt, Austria, is a very small town, virtually free of traffic, and with minimal facilities, and about 778 inhabitants. The town has featured recently in Frozen as Arendelle. It is not surprising, then, that it’s seeing a higher flux of visitors than usual. The estimated number of tourists is 1,000,000 yearly. That is an incredible number compared to that local population of 778. They are literally drowning in visitors. Many doing so ‘for the gram.’

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Woman falls off a cliff and dies while taking photos in Sydney

Jan 13, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic 1 Comment
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A 21-year-old woman was recently found dead at Diamond Bay in Sydney, Australia. According to the reports, she was taking photos on the cliff, when she most likely lost footing and fell to her death.

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Newly married bride and three family members aged 14-22 killed while trying to take a selfie in India

Oct 11, 2019 by John Aldred Add Comment
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A newly married woman and three of her family have drowned in a reservoir in India while trying to take a selfie, police in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu have said. The BBC reports that a group of six, aged 14-25, held hands and stood waist-deep in the water near Pambar dam when one of them lost their footing and slipped, pulling the others in.

The husband, G Perumalsamy, 25, managed to save his 15-year-old sister, however his wife, V Nivedha, 20, alongside three of her family members aged 14, 20 and 22 did not make it.

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These are the most common ways people die while taking selfies

Oct 5, 2018 by Dunja Djudjic 4 Comments
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It’s sad but true that nowadays it’s hard to imagine our social media feeds without selfies. And what’s even sadder is that people get killed while trying to capture the most like-worthy snapshot of themselves.

The selfie as a phenomenon has already been a topic of studies, and a recently published one explores the issue of fatal selfies. A team of researchers has published the results, exploring the numbers of selfie-related deaths, as well as the main reasons behind these tragedies.

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India proclaims “no-selfie zones” to reduce selfie-related deaths at tourist spots

Oct 2, 2018 by Dunja Djudjic 3 Comments
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Plenty of selfie-related accidents and deaths happen each year, and the majority of them occur in India. In an attempt to increase safety at popular tourist spots, the country is about to introduce “no-selfie zones,” where visitors, as you can guess, won’t be allowed to take selfies.

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A teen falls to his death while taking a selfie at Yosemite National Park

Sep 10, 2018 by Dunja Djudjic 8 Comments
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We have heard of many accidents that occurred because of a selfie. Sadly, another one happened on Wednesday when an Israeli hiker was found dead in Yosemite National Park. Reportedly, the young man fell to his death while trying to take a photo of himself.

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