A man has plunged nearly 40ft to his death after losing his balance while taking a selfie overlooking a beach below with his family describing the incident as a "tragedy".
A 33-year-old man dropped to his death while taking a photograph in Brazil on the afternoon of November 11.
Logistics analyst Igor de Oliveira Rodrigues Dias was trying to take a selfie when he fell from the high of around 12 metres (39 feet) from the rock overlooking Joatinga Beach in Rio de Janeiro, local media have reported.
Tragically, as he tumbled downwards, he was killed when he hit his head on another rock.
Firefighters were immediately dispatched to the scene, but they were only able to pronounce Rodrigues Dias dead.
They had to use a helicopter to remove his body from the spot.
Speaking to local media, his devastated mother, 60-year-old Luiza Rodrigues, said: "In the morning he had signed a contract with a company he wanted to work for.
"So he went out with a friend to have a little celebration on the beach.
"I talked to him, asked where he was.
"He replied that he was on the beach. But I don't know why he decided to climb that high rock."
His grieving father, Jonas Dias, also spoke to local media, telling them: "He died before me, and I don't accept that. I think that every son has to bury his father, and not the father bury his son. It was a tragedy."
Igor - who was a graduate of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and had two post-graduate qualifications - was described by his mother as a man who "had a whole life ahead of him".
On the November 12, Igor was buried in the Caju neighbourhood.
Speaking about the incident, Rio de Janeiro Fire Department spokesman Fabio Contreiras said: "We always have to be safe, never get close to the edge of the rocks, ask someone to take a picture, if necessary."
Contreiras added: "Always seek safety first. Don't risk your life for likes."
In a Spanish study - that was published last year - it showed that between January 2008 and July 2021, one person died every 13 days in an accident while trying to capture a landscape.
Brazil registered the fifth-highest number of incidents.
