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[Date]: 29 February 2016
[Country]: Nepal
[Casualties]: 1
[Type]: Drowned
[Description]: A Nepalese woman drowned in the Narayani River. She dived into the river to save her friend who slipped into the water while the two were taking selfies together near the bank. The woman who originally fell was rescued but her friend who tried to save her died.
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[Date]: January 2015
[Country]: Russia
[Casualties]: 2
[Type]: Other
[Description]: Two young men died in the Ural Mountains after they pulled the pin from a live hand grenade to take a selfie. The phone with the picture remained as evidence of the circumstance of their deaths.
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[Date]: 11 June 2018
[Country]: Indonesia
[Casualties]: 1
[Type]: Fall
[Description]: A 46-year-old Chinese tourist died after falling into the sea while taking a selfie on a cliff at Devil's Tears on Nusa Lembongan, an island off the coast of Bali.
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[Date]: November 2014
[Country]: Spain
[Casualties]: 1
[Type]: Fall
[Description]: A 23-year-old student from Poland fell to her death while trying to take a selfie on the ledge of the Triana Bridge in Seville, Spain.
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[Date]: 12 August 2016
[Country]: India
[Casualties]: 4
[Type]: Drowned
[Description]: Four teenagers aged 15–19 took selfies in the ocean surf at Maharashtra during a storm. They were swept away by a large wave (their bodies were not recovered).
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[Date]: April 2015
[Country]: Serbia
[Casualties]: 1
[Type]: Transport
[Description]: A 22-year-old man was trying to recreate a scene from his favorite movie Barking at the Stars by running in front of a train, beating it and being hailed a hero. As he ran in front of the train, he tried to take a selfie to document the scene. He was killed instantly when the express train hit him at full speed in the village of Laćarak near the northern Serbian town of Sremska Mitrovica.
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