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HEIGHT OF STUPIDITY

Adrenaline-junkie tourists share their best death-defying selfies from around the world

From selfies next to active volcanoes and on skyscrapers to pictures with sharks and jellyfish, are this lot are brave or silly?

TOURISTS always want the perfect selfie – but these travellers took their quest for picture perfection to the next level.

From posing in the depths of the sea next to a gathering of jellyfish to a man flying a plane whilst using a selfie stick at the same time.

 Cinzia Osele Bismarck took a selfie of herself while surrounded by moon jellyfish, diving in Shark El Sheikh - which can sting
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Cinzia Osele Bismarck took a selfie of herself while surrounded by moon jellyfish, diving in Shark El Sheikh - which can stingCredit: Caters News Agency
 Nik Halik took a selfie next to the fiery Benbow Volcano on Ambrym Island. He wore a harness, but this doesn't look very safe at all
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Nik Halik took a selfie next to the fiery Benbow Volcano on Ambrym Island. He wore a harness, but this doesn't look very safe at allCredit: Caters News Agency

These daredevil selfie-takers have scaled some of the world’s tallest buildings, plunged to the bottom of the deepest oceans and even come face to face with dangerous animals.

The adventurous explorers have snapped themselves in shark infested waters, at the side of an active volcano, atop a Hong Kong skyscraper surrounded by toxic smog and even perched on the top of iconic Rio statue Christ the Redeemer.

One man even posed with a hyena while on holiday in Botswana.

Perhaps one of the most dangerous was a woman spotted posing for a selfie on a train track – don’t ever try and attempt this.

 A Norwegian F16 fighter pilot took a selfie while flying a plane in Northern Norway
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A Norwegian F16 fighter pilot took a selfie while flying a plane in Northern NorwayCredit: Caters News Agency
 Would you want to rub noses with a wild hyena? One man did so at the Mashatu Game Reserve in Botswana and even captured it on camera
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Would you want to rub noses with a wild hyena? One man did so at the Mashatu Game Reserve in Botswana and even captured it on cameraCredit: Caters News Agency
 Traveller Andrej Ciesielski risked a selfie on top of a Hong Kong skyscraper, surrounded by toxic smog
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Traveller Andrej Ciesielski risked a selfie on top of a Hong Kong skyscraper, surrounded by toxic smogCredit: Caters News Agency
 Traveller Andy Murch took a selfie underwater in Banco Chinchorro, Mexico - and dangerously close to a crocodile
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Traveller Andy Murch took a selfie underwater in Banco Chinchorro, Mexico - and dangerously close to a crocodileCredit: Caters News Agency
 Alexander Remnos uses a selfie stick to take a picture standing on a ladder on a Hong Kong skyscraper
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Alexander Remnos uses a selfie stick to take a picture standing on a ladder on a Hong Kong skyscraperCredit: Caters News Agency
 Jacob Vlk took a photo with a selfie stick while the plane was flying
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Jacob Vlk took a photo with a selfie stick while the plane was flyingCredit: Caters News Agency
 A woman is seen on CCTV take a selfie on train tracks at Matlock Bath in Derbyshire
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A woman is seen on CCTV take a selfie on train tracks at Matlock Bath in DerbyshireCredit: Caters News Agency
 Thiago Correa took a photo at the top of the 124-foot high Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro
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Thiago Correa took a photo at the top of the 124-foot high Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de JaneiroCredit: Caters News Agency
 Ervin Punkar stood at the top of a 600 foot TV tower in Tartu, Estonia to get this vertigo-inducing picture
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Ervin Punkar stood at the top of a 600 foot TV tower in Tartu, Estonia to get this vertigo-inducing pictureCredit: Caters News Agency
 Aaron Gekoski went diving with sharks in Aliwal Shaol in South Africa and managed to get a shark selfie out of it
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Aaron Gekoski went diving with sharks in Aliwal Shaol in South Africa and managed to get a shark selfie out of itCredit: Caters News Agency
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