“Pay attention,” Your Shot member Fran Virues Avila was told by the diver seen above, before he leapt into the waters off La Caleta Beach in Cádiz, Spain. “My jump will be worthy of observing.” This feels like an apt point of departure for this month’s roundup of Photo of the Day favorites. Each frame contains a moment that beckons us to pay attention, whether it be to the composition, the story being told, or the energy of life in motion.

A woman harvests rice from a field in Thailand in this picture by Your Shot member Sarawut Intarob. The photo was included in the final story for the recent Your Shot assignment