Olga Perminova, a 53-year-old Russian tourist, reportedly died in Sri Lanka after attempting to take a photo of herself on the footboard of a train, hitting a rock and falling off the train.

A 35-year-old female tourist from China is in critical condition after leaning her body out of a moving train to pose for pictures in Sri Lanka, the latest casualty of a dangerous social media trend.

A sign alerts train operators to the presence of wild elephants, near the site where a passenger train hit a herd and killed six elephants in Minneriya, Sri Lanka, Feb. 20, 2025. Priyan Malinda/AP ...

A sign alerts train operators to the presence of wild elephants, near the site where a passenger train hit a herd and killed six elephants in Minneriya, Sri Lanka, Feb. 20, 2025.