A man tries to catch a duck during a competition held as a part of the Dragon Boat Festival, known locally as “Peh Cun Festival”, on the Cisadane river in Tanggerang, Indonesia, Thursday, June 9, 2016. The event is celebrated every fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese lunar calendar. (Photo by Tatan Syuflana/AP Photo)

Britain Horse Racing, Royal Ascot, Ascot Racecourse on June 16, 2016. Ladies Day Racegoers wear hats. (Photo by Toby Melville/Reuters)

Festival goers arrive for the Glastonbury festival at Worthy Farm, in Somerset, England, Thursday, June 23, 2016. (Photo by Guy Bell/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Kendrick Lamar performs “Freedom” with Beyonce (L) at the 2016 BET Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 26, 2016. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Reuters)

Young Japanese women dressed in colourful Kimonos take a photo of themselves as they gather for a ceremony marking the “Coming of Age Day” at the Toshimaen Amusement Park in Tokyo, Japan, 11 January 2016. The Coming of Age Day is the day to celebrate young people who turn 20 years old while the age of 20 is considered the beginning of adulthood and is the minimum legal age for voting, drinking and smoking in Japan. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/EPA)

The Toyota FCV Plus fuel cell concept car is displayed on media day at the Paris auto show, in Paris, France, September 29, 2016. (Photo by Benoit Tessier/Reuters)

A young devotee of the Nine Emperor Gods has a large needle pushed through his cheek during the annual Phuket Vegetarian Festival in the southern province of Phuket on October 1, 2016. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP Photo)

Each year Nikon Small World recognizes the excellence of photography taken under the microscope. The contest showcases the beauty and complexity of life. Anyone interested in microscopy and photography can enter the contest and in its 42nd year, Nikon Small World received 2,000 entries from 70 countries. Here: 11th Place; Scales of a butterfly wing underside (Vanessa atalanta). (Photo by Francis Sneyers/Nikon's Small World 2016)