Pictures We Love: Best of July

  Photograph by Gabriele Putzu, European Pressphoto Agency

Germany's Anna Bader plunges headfirst during the 2013 Cliff Diving European Championship in Ponte Brolla, Switzerland, on July 20.

Professional divers jump from heights between 60 and 89 feet (18 to 27 meters) into what is known as one of the most dangerous—and frigid—cliff-diving spots in the world.

Why We Love It

"What makes this photo interesting for me is not only the tensity brought on by the perfectly poised diver leaping from the cliffs, but also the depth of the background behind her. The even light allows us to clearly see and appreciate all the different onlookers throughout the scene, who become individual points of interest and color rather than a mess of indistinguishable bodies." —Ben Fitch, associate photo editor

(See Pictures We Love: June.)

—Jaclyn Skurie

Published August 1, 2013

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