BY REBECCA ADAMS

SOCIAL media is accessible to nearly everyone these days and it's more than likely that various photo sharing sites such as Instagram, Facebook and Twitter are accessible on your smartphone or laptop.

But how far would you manipulate circumstances in order to become the next trending topic?

Earlier this week, an EgyptAir plane was hijacked by a man claiming to be wearing a suicide belt, which was later found to be fake.

After the flight was redirected, a man from Aberdeen and even a flight attendant on board the 62-person flight took photos with the hijacker.

The photo of Aberdeen man Ben Innes and the hijacker has been labelled the “best selfie ever”.

Is this just proving that a photo is worth more than threatening dozens of lives?

Of course, the photo went viral.

Moments after people were fearing for their lives, vanity took over in order to become the next big hit on social media.

Worryingly, records of such events have bizarrely become more popular on new social media platforms.

In February, a video emerged of beachgoers in Buenos Aires passing around a baby Franciscan dolphin for photos after it had been pulled out of the sea.

Some reports suggest that tourists killed the dolphin and others that the endangered creature was already dead.

Every day, videos filmed on phones of disastrous events are seen on news sites.

It’s great news for the media, but worrying news for those around the self-proclaimed amateur cameraman.

Anything for that next profile picture.