Dangerous selfies
Between 2011 and 2017, 259 people were reported killed worldwide in selfie-related incidents. Drowning, falls, fires and automobile accidents were among the leading causes of death, according to the report.
Despite the risk, people still seem intent on taking incredibly risky selfies like this one. Here are more daredevil selfies that need to be seen to be believed.
Thousands of "urban explorers" or "roofers" across the world have taken to scaling skyscrapers, cranes and bridges to capture the perfect shot. But the pastime comes with great risks. Find out more on CBSN: On Assignment.
A great risk
Sometimes sky-high selfies turn deadly.
Wu Yongning, 26, died in November 2017 after falling from a 62-story building in the city of Changsha, China.
Yongning was known to post dramatic videos of himself atop tall buildings without using safety equipment.
Grand Canyon selfie
Karin Claesson snapped this photo of a man taking a selfie on the edge of a cliff at the Grand Canyon. Two visitors died in March 2019 after falling several hundred feet while attempting to take photos at the Grand Canyon.
Volcano selfie
Marlene Zorah describes this selfie in front of Mount Yasur, a volcano in the Republic of Vanuatu, as the hardest selfie she ever took. This volcano has been erupting continuously for several hundred years.
Train track selfie
This Instagrammer said he was "trying to take a photo before being squished." This picture was taken near Sri Lanka's Nine Arch Bridge on active train tracks.
High above Manhattan
Victor Thomas, 25, looking down from great heights in Manhattan.
Thomas describes himself as an "urban explorer."
Thousands of "urban explorers" or "roofers" across the world have taken to scaling skyscrapers, cranes and bridges to capture the perfect shot. But the pastime comes with great risks. Find out more on CBSN: On Assignment.
High above Brooklyn
Thomas has more than 30,000 followers on Instagram.
New York
"I steal views from the rich and I give to the people who are less fortunate," Thomas told CBS News, likening himself to Robin Hood. "I'm talking about the people that don't have enough money to get into the penthouse views."
Times Square selfie
"This is all one big jungle gym, the city. I take advantage of it," Thomas told CBS News.
Don't look down!
Ervin Punkar climbs to great heights to take captivating selfies. Here, he stands on the top of the highest tower in Tartu, Estonia, at sunrise.
"It was one hell of a ninja mission and about a 30 minutes to climb to the top," Punkar told CBS News.
Sunset selfie
Punkar poses atop a building in Tallinn, Estonia.
"I always went there for sunsets," Punkar told CBS News. "I could sit there for hours."
Jelly selfie
Some photographers take different kinds of risks. Here, jellyfish surround Cinzia Bismarck Osele, a scuba diver and photographer, on May 10, 2017, in Ras Umm Sid, Egypt.
Shark selfie
Scuba diver and photographer Aaron Gekoski poses with oceanic black tip sharks.
Whale shark selfie
Gekoski poses with a whale shark.
Underwater selfie
Photographer Nadia Aly took this selfie with tons of jellyfish as she was scuba diving in the appropriately-named Jellyfish Lake in Palau, Oceania.
Volcano selfie
In August 2014, Toronto-based storm chaser George Kourounis snapped this selfie in front of an active volcano.
Bridge climbing
In January 2017, YouTuber and stuntman CassOnline posted a GoPro selfie video atop London's Tower Bridge.
He was detained and interviewed but not arrested, according to local media reports.
Crane selfie
Ervin Punkar takes a selfie atop a crane in Tallinn, Estonia.
From great heights
Daniel Lau, Andrew Tso, and a woman identified as A.S. perched atop Hong Kong's fifth tallest skyscraper, The Centre, as Lau took a selfie video in 2014, according to CNET. The tower is more than 1,000 feet tall.
Shanghai selfie
The climb was not a first for Lau. Here, he takes a selfie from high above Shanghai, China, with fellow stuntman Erik Biedron.
Towering selfie
And here, Lau poses above Shenzhen, China.
Jesus selfie
In May 2014, Lee Thompson, founder of the adventure travel company The Flash Pack, persuaded the Brazilian tourism board to let him climb the city's world-famous Christ the Redeemer statue.
The resulting pictures, 124 feet up, were featured on Thompson's travel blog in a post called "Christ, this is one EPIC selfie!"
Bridge selfie
A Tennessee college student was arrested after he took this selfie on an unauthorized section of the Brooklyn Bridge in June 2015.
David Karnauch told CBS he walked across an overhead beam and took the selfie while standing on a side railing. Police have called his actions "irresponsible and illegal."
Thousands of "urban explorers" or "roofers" across the world have taken to scaling skyscrapers, cranes and bridges to capture the perfect shot. But the pastime comes with great risks. Find out more on CBSN: On Assignment.
Bearing it all
And then there's the unexpected surge of people taking selfies in the wilderness with bears.
So many people have taken #BearSelfies that the U.S. Forest Service decided to issue an advisory warning visitors to keep their distance.
Heads up
Sports reporter Kelly Nash was taking selfies at during a 2013 batting practice when a ball whizzed by her head. She didn't notice until she looked at her pictures.
"Most dangerous selfie ever. That happened," Nash wrote on Instagram.
Vigilante selfie
In 2016, Kevin Barkhouse caught a man who had stolen from him earlier in the day, and decided to take a selfie as he waited for police to show up.
Early morning selfie
Ervin Punkar repeats his high-altitude photo stunt in Amsterdam.
Elephant selfies
The World Animal Protection organization has started a campaign advocating that people stop taking selfies with wild animals, as seen here in Thailand.
Don't selfie and ride
Ramon Gonzalez, known as Jadiel in the reggaeton world, took this selfie on his motorcycle a short time before he died after crashing the bike in 2014.
Airstrip selfie tragedy
These two young women took this selfie on an airstrip in Mexico in March 2017. Unfortunately, a landing plane's wing struck their heads, and they were both fatally injured, according to media reports.
Tweeting with the bulls
In July 2014, a participant in Pamplona's annual Running of the Bulls took a selfie of himself in front of one of the charging half-ton beasts.
The following year, a 32-year-old Spaniard was gored to death when he entered the running area to snap a selfie. He wasn't even participating in the event.
Selfie rattles snake
Alex Gomez, 36, of California, was badly bitten in August 2015 when he tried to take a selfie with a four-foot rattlesnake.
"It could've bit his neck, and that would have been it. That's just being a fool," Alex's mother Deborah told CBS Los Angeles.