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  • From deadly tsunami-prone locations to areas with an overabundance of crime, we count

  • 15 places on Earth you are most likely to get killed in

  • 15 - Sana'a - Yemen, • One of the most politically unstable places

  • in the world, both Britain and America advising citizens to vacate the country due to terrorism

  • fearsTheir capital city of Sana'a, 7,500 feet

  • about sea level, is surprisingly interesting to visit, even if it's also known as one of

  • the most dangerous places to live, ever • A lot of the buildings are tetris-style

  • geometric blocks stacked on top of each other, especially the Old City district full of beautifully

  • designed buildings that harken back to the days when you weren't murdered constantly

  • 14 - Cape Town - South Africa, • This place isn't so bad, except due to

  • poverty and social turmoil the crime rate is atrociously high from desperate people

  • Like Yemen, this place attracts tourists for its beauty - but you are actually allowed

  • to visit Cape Town, they just advise you don't travel alone and that you avoid the more notoriously

  • dangerous districts 13 - Grand Canyon - Arizona,

  • You might not think it's a dangerous place because of what a tourist hotspot it is, but

  • don't be fooled - all it takes is one wrong step and death is certain

  • At least, most of the time it is - a 21-year-old was driving across the edge when he accidentally

  • plummeted off the cliff, but luckily he was saved by a tree that slowed his fall near

  • the bottomFor others, the falls are intentional

  • - the Grand Canyon is known to be the nation's second-highest location for suicide

  • 12 - Danakil Desert - Ethiopia, • All foreign offices will advise you never

  • to visit this desert, mainly due to a border conflict with Eritrea and the risk of getting

  • kidnappedThe desert itself is also known for extreme

  • temperature and strange landscapes, with the Danakil Depression known as a giant deep basin

  • filled with volcanoesThis area was described by the National

  • Geographic as among the cruellest places on Earth

  • 11 - Naples - Italy, • Over 650,000 people live in this deathtrap,

  • surrounded by volcanoes on all sides - with a single eruption forcing the evacuation of

  • more than a million people from the surrounding area

  • Not even 2000 years ago, one of the nearby volcanoes exploded, destroying the ancient

  • cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, with 50 subsequent volcano eruptions since

  • The nearby Mediterranean Sea hosts a resort island known as Ischia - an eruption there

  • would affect Naples and might even be worse than the explosion 2000 years ago

  • 10 - Maceio - Brazil, • Known to some as "murder central", this

  • capital of the Alagoas state sees 135 murders for each 100,000 citizens per year

  • It even tops Rio de Janeiro which is itself known for the slums and back alleyways

  • While most would assume the Amazon rainforest to be the most dangerous part of Brazil, the

  • populated areas aren't exactly friendly either 9 - Baghdad - Iraq,

  • This one should be fairly obvious if you're keeping up with the news - frequent bombing,

  • gunfire and unspeakable violenceMost travel agents will warn you about

  • travelling here, but if you absolutely must for a good reason, you should be aware that

  • terrorism isn't easy to predictIn 2012, Baghdad was listed as one of

  • the least hospitable places in the world to live, with Mercer ranking it as the worst

  • of 221 major cities when it comes to quality-of-life 8 - Huntington Ravine Headwall - New Hampshire,

  • This place was formed by glaciers over thousands of years, nowadays extremely susceptible

  • to avalanches and icefallsIf you decide to go hiking up the winding

  • trail, just bear in mind the cold weather dangers and how easy it is to lose your footing

  • One hiker actually slipped 200 feet into a boulder field suffering head injuries, but

  • was saved by local Mountain Club members 7 - Southern Tunisia,

  • • A desert land that isn't restricted, but heavily advised against due to the threat

  • of terrorism - you may still want to visit though, because of how iconic it is

  • Parts of Tunisia, particularly the Chott el Jerid salt flats were actually used in

  • the Star Wars films, primarily shots for Luke Skywalker's home of Tatooine

  • Thankfully these flats and the canyon from the sand raider attack fall just outside

  • the exclusion zone 6 - Guatemala,

  • This among a number of other countries in Central America get hit by a series of

  • natural disasters, including hurricanes, mudslides and earthquakes

  • In 1976, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake killed more than 23,000 people in Guatemala alone

  • And again in 2005, the remnants of Hurricane Stan caused over 900 mudslides in the area,

  • swallowing entire villagers and everyone who lived there off the face of the Earth

  • 5 - Mogadishu - Somalia, • This city has had endless problems with

  • militants, particularly the al Shabaab who, at one point, controlled most of the city

  • For a number of years the United States wouldn't even consider entering into relations

  • with that whole country, but it's only recently that advisers were sent to the city of Mogadishu

  • to assist locals in rebelling against the militants

  • Travel to these regions is still risky 4 - Istanbul - Turkey,

  • • A disaster waiting to happen, 12 million residents in Istanbul living atop the North

  • Anatolian Fault, also known as earthquake central

  • In 1999 a 7.6 magnitude earthquake decimated the city of Izmit, with the estimated death

  • toll exceeding 40,000 • In a 2010 study, Nature Geosciences discovered

  • that tensions along the fault are building, with a magnitude 7 or greater quake in the

  • next 25 years exceeding a 30 to 60 percent chance

  • 3 - Chihuahua - Mexico, • This city is one of the most notorious

  • for drug-related crimes, especially when it comes to cocaine smuggling into the United

  • StatesDrug cartels have the area under the thumb,

  • with firefights common in the streets and violence everywhere

  • The crime got so bad that law enforcement actually had to enact Operation Chihuahua

  • to conduct anti-drug operations, which, if reports are to be believed, have seen a positive

  • and noticeable reduction in crime 2 - Java and Sumatra - Indonesia,

  • Natural disasters are incredibly common here, including floods, droughts, earthquakes,

  • landslides volcanoes and tsunamisOne particular tsunami in 2004 killed

  • over 227,000 people following a magnitude 9.1 earthquake caused an enormous wave to

  • hit the shoreFor the last 100 years, there have been

  • droughts, volcano eruptions and earthquakes galore - a risky place to decide to live in

  • 1 - San Pedro Sula - HondurasKnown everywhere as simply "murder capital

  • of the world", this is one of the most violent cities on Earth

  • The homicide rate exceeds 170 per 100,000 people, with arms trafficking and illegal

  • firearms everywhereSome blame the deportation of Los Angeles

  • gangs from the 1990s, including Mara Salvatrucha and the 18th Street gang, as the major cause

  • of this violence

From deadly tsunami-prone locations to areas with an overabundance of crime, we count

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