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

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