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Travellers and phone-camera lovers need to note new danger that has recently come to light. This new life-threatening hazard has sprung up in past few years and is now ubiquitous part of life. It is also proving to be twice as lethal as being killed by shark. What is this potential new menace? Well, it is selfie. Yes – love 'em or hate 'em, the desire to take photo of yourself in front of world-famous site or to strike pose and pout with friend has resulted in more deaths in 2015 than shark attacks. It has been reported that so far this year, 12 people have died as result of trying to take selfie. This compares to just six deaths due to unprovoked shark attacks.

Selfie-related accidents can happen in all manner of circumstances. website Wikipedia.com has detailed twelve deaths seen this year. They include two Russian men who were killed while taking selfie with hand grenade; three Indian students who were killed by oncoming train while taking selfies on train tracks; and American woman who fell to her death while taking selfie with her boyfriend on cliff in South Africa. latest death came last month when Japanese tourist died falling down stairs while trying to get shot of himself at Taj Mahal in India. There may be more. A Russian government spokeswoman told reporters that in July, there were, "dozens of selfie-related deaths" in Russia alone.