--- title: Russian Police Launch Safe Selfie Guide description: Just some simple advice on how to avoid getting killed or injured while taking one canonical: https://time.com/3948326/russian-police-safe-selfie-campaign/ author: Olivia B. 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Waxman Staff Writer Jul 7, 2015 6:43 PM UTC Russian authorities are promoting an illustrated guide to taking “safe selfies” on Tuesday that warns citizens not to hurt or kill themselves while trying to snap a self-portrait. Rough translations seem to suggest that the Russian Interior Ministry’s guide says “likes” on social media are not worth risking your life. [Illustrations](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2303953433b043a5b607cb648646979d/russian-police-issue-instructions-safe-selfies) warn stick figures not to take them with tigers, while holding a gun, balancing on the roof of a building or standing in the middle of railroad tracks. According to the Associated Press, “These are some of the ways that police say at least 10 Russians have been killed and 100 injured while taking selfies this year.” _Read next:_ [8 of the Absolute Worst Times to Take a Selfie](http://time.com/2981513/8-of-the-worst-times-to-take-a-selfie/) ### See The 10 Best Space Selfies Ever Taken  Gemini 12 astronaut Buzz Aldrin takes a selfie during a spacewalk in Nov. 1966. NASA  Astronaut Stephen K. Robinson takes a selfie during a spacewalk on Aug. 3, 2005. Stephen K. Robinson—NASA  NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used the camera at the end of its arm in April and May 2014 to take dozens of component images combined into this selfie. JPL-Caltech/MSSS/NASA  JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide takes a selfie in Sept. 2012. Aki Hoshide—NASA  ESA Astronaut Alexander Gerst takes a selfie during a spacewalk on Oct. 7, 2014. Alexander Gerst—ESA  The Opportunity Rover on Mars takes a selfie shortly after dust cleared its solar panels in March 2014. JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Arizona State University/NASA  The 3.2 gigapixel Global Selfie mosaic was made with 36,422 individual selfies that were posted to social media sites on or around Earth Day, April 22, 2014. NASA  This selfie composed of two different images shows the Rosetta spacecraft as it soars past a comet on Oct. 7, 2014. Rosetta/Philae/CIVA/ESA  Expedition 35 astronaut Tom Marshburn takes a selfie during a spacewalk on May 11, 2013. Tom Marshburn—NASA  Gemini 10 astronaut Mike Collins takes a selfie in July 1966. 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