Selfies: most people have taken them. Deep down we know they're a bit narcissistic, but rarely do we consider them to be dangerous - or even fatal.
However, a new study claims that globally there were 127 reported "selfie deaths" in the 18 months between March 2014 and September 2016. That's not a huge number, but there's something particularly tragic about composing - and sometimes capturing - your own death on a smartphone.
And it seems that some countries are riskier places to take selfies in than others. According to the study - titled Me, Myself and My Killfile: Characterizing and Preventing Selfie Deaths - India recorded the world's highest number of selfie deaths, accounting for more than 60 per cent of reported fatalities.
Conducted by Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania, US, and Indraprastha Institute of Information in Delhi, India, the study found that 76 of the 127 reported selfie deaths during that time occurred in India.
Mumbai seems to be particularly dangerous for people taking selfies. Only last month, a 17-year-old student drowned in the city after trying to take a photograph on the seafront. Priti Pise had be so concerned with capturing a selfie on her smartphone that she didn't notice a massive wave, which crashed onto the promenade and carried her out to sea.
