Photos: Rise of the selfie
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The proliferation of social media and smartphones has given a new term to the self-portrait taken by camera - the selfie. It has become so popular that the Oxford English Dictionary is monitoring it for possible inclusion to its lexicon. Here are some examples of the craze, including a robot, one of television's hottest stars, a man in space and a former president who was 20 years before his time in snapping off a selfie.
This June 14, 2013 photo released by Barbara Kinney shows former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, posing with her daughter Chelsea for a selfie at a Clinton Global Initiative America event in Chicago. Selfies have become so popular that the granddaddy of dictionaries, the Oxford, is monitoring the term as a possible addition.
Even NASA's Mars rover Curiosity gets in on the selfie action these days. In this image released by NASA on Aug. 8, 2012, a self portrait of NASA's Curiosity rover was taken by its navigation cameras, located on the upright mast. The camera snapped pictures 360-degrees around the rover.
- AP Photo/NASA
This June 14, 2013 photo released by Barbara Kinney shows former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, posing with her daughter Chelsea for a selfie at a Clinton Global Initiative America event in Chicago. Selfies have become so popular that the granddaddy of dictionaries, the Oxford, is monitoring the term as a possible addition.
Even NASA's Mars rover Curiosity gets in on the selfie action these days. In this image released by NASA on Aug. 8, 2012, a self portrait of NASA's Curiosity rover was taken by its navigation cameras, located on the upright mast. The camera snapped pictures 360-degrees around the rover.
- AP Photo/NASA
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