More than 10,000 spectators converged on the southern Bosnian city at the weekend to watch 41 daring men take a jump from the 27-meter-high historic Old Bridge into the cold, fast-flowing Neretva River below, as part of the Mostar's 451st annual diving competition.
In this photograph taken on Sunday, July 30, 2017, spectators are engulfed in smoke from torches near the Old Bridge in Mostar, Bosnia, during a night show of high diving skills that ended an annual diving competition that has been drawing crowds for more than 4.5 centuries. (Photo: AP)
In this photograph shot with a slow shutter speed on Sunday, July 30, 2017, a man jumps holding torches from the Old Bridge in Mostar, Bosnia, during a night show of high diving skills that ended an annual diving competition that has been drawing crowds for more than 4.5 centuries. (Photo: AP)
In this photograph taken on Sunday, July 30, 2017, a man jumps holding torches from the Old Bridge in Mostar, Bosnia, during a night show of high diving skills that ended an annual diving competition that has been drawing crowds for more than 4.5 centuries.(Photo: AP)
In this photograph taken on Sunday, July 30, 2017, a man dives from the Old Bridge in Mostar, Bosnia, during an annual diving competition that has been drawing crowds for more than 4.5 centuries. (Photo: AP)
In this photograph taken on Sunday, July 30, 2017, a man dives from the Old Bridge in Mostar, Bosnia, during an annual diving competition that has been drawing crowds for more than 4.5 centuries. (Photo: AP)
The event was held in Mostar, Bosnia. (Photo: AP)
The annual diving competition that has been drawing crowds for more than 4.5 centuries. (Photo: AP)
More than 10,000 spectators converged on the southern Bosnian city at the weekend to watch 41 daring men take a jump from the 27-meter-high historic Old Bridge into the cold, fast-flowing Neretva River below, as part of the Mostar\'s 451st annual diving competition.