Reuters has recently experienced fatalities among its own staff -- just one month earlier it had mourned the death of Hiro Muramoto, an agency cameraman shot dead in clashes between Thai troops and anti-government protestors on April 10th.
According to Stillbirth and Neonatal Death charity, Sands, more than 4, 000 babies are stillborn - born dead after 24 completed weeks of pregnancy or more - in the UK annually.
The uncanny valley effect could have to do with uncertainty about whether a robotic character is truly alive or dead, and even play into our deep-seated fears of death.
Kent Police have been given the go-ahead to continue their inquiries into the death of a schoolboy who was found shot dead at his Cobham home on Friday.
Details surrounding Mr Wutty's death are unclear but he was shot dead in a confrontation with the police while travelling in the south-west of the country.