Thrill seekers participate in annual diving competition in Bosnia

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. (Photo: AP)

The 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)

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 jumps 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 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 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, 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)