Urban decay and camel rides – readers’ best photos

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Main image: Naples, Italy ‘One of the many hidden treasures we came across in secluded courtyards. There is beauty in decay.’ Photograph: Geoff Wood

  • Cambridgeshire, UK

    ‘While walking through the nature reserve in Wicken Fen with my wife, niece and nephew, I saw movement out of the corner of my eye in a patch of rough grass. The muntjac was around 3 meters away, well camouflaged except for its head, which was caught in the bright, winter sunlight. We remained quiet and still while it fed.’
    Cambridgeshire, UK ‘While walking through the nature reserve in Wicken Fen with my wife, niece and nephew, I saw movement out of the corner of my eye in a patch of rough grass. The muntjac was around three meters away, well camouflaged except for its head, which was caught in the bright, winter sunlight. We remained quiet and still while it fed.’

  • Bridlington, UK

    ‘There’s something very British about out-of-season seaside towns. Maintenance work for the spring/summer tourists was just starting here at Bayside Fun Park.’
    Bridlington, UK ‘There’s something very British about out-of-season seaside towns. Maintenance work for the spring/summer tourists was just starting here at Bayside Fun Park.’

  • Johnstone Strait, Canada

    ‘A humpback whale, called Guardian by whale watchers, returns to the west coast of Canada each spring from Hawaii.’
    Johnstone Strait, Canada ‘A humpback whale, called Guardian by whale watchers, returns to the west coast of Canada each spring from Hawaii.’

  • Paris, France

    ‘An elderly lady in a wheelchair is fascinated with a painting by Oskar Kokoschka. Is she seeing herself in the very young girl watched by a boy?’
    Paris, France ‘An elderly lady in a wheelchair is fascinated with a painting by Oskar Kokoschka. Is she seeing herself in the very young girl watched by a boy?’

  • Tangiers, Morocco

    ‘After reading your review of the Goya to Impressionism exhibition in February, I wondered what Goya would have made of these four swordfish stakes.’
    Tangiers, Morocco ‘After reading your Goya to Impressionism review in February, I wondered what Goya would have made of these four swordfish stakes.’

  • New South Wales, Australia

    ‘Camel rides on Birubi beach.’
    New South Wales, Australia ‘Camel rides on Birubi beach.’

  • Worcestershire, UK

    ‘It’s always good to see the daffs arriving in February, trumpeting the imminent arrival of spring in Bransford.’
    Worcestershire, UK ‘It’s always good to see the daffs arriving in February, trumpeting the imminent arrival of spring in Bransford.’

  • Naples, Italy

    ‘One of the many hidden treasures we came across in secluded courtyards. There is beauty in decay.’
    Naples, Italy ‘One of the many hidden treasures we came across in secluded courtyards. There is beauty in decay.’

  • Dartmoor, UK

    ‘On what looked like the first day of spring, we took a drive across Dartmoor when this beautiful rainbow emerged. This pony was only too happy to pose with it.’
    Dartmoor, UK ‘On what looked like the first day of spring, we took a drive across Dartmoor when this beautiful rainbow emerged. This pony was only too happy to pose with it.’

  • Whernside, UK

    ‘Weird ice formations on a fence and stile near the summit of Whernside in the Yorkshire Dales.’
    Whernside, UK ‘Weird ice formations on a fence and stile near the summit of Whernside in the Yorkshire Dales.’

  • California, US

    ‘A red-tailed hawk at the University of California Santa Cruz’s Coastal Science Campus.’
    California, US ‘A red-tailed hawk at the University of California Santa Cruz Coastal Science Campus.’

  • Sunderland, UK

    ‘An icy Penshaw Monument blazes in the January sun.’
    Sunderland, UK ‘An icy Penshaw Monument blazes in the January sun.’

  • Hadhramaut, Yemen

    ‘The annual visit to the grave of the Prophet Hud centres around a series of marches up the mountain wherein his grave is nestled, led by various scholarly families. It culminates in the grand visit of the family of Shaykh Abu Bakr bin Salim, captured here as people begin to gather for the march up, which draws people from across the world.’
    Hadhramaut, Yemen ‘The annual visit to the grave of the Prophet Hud centres around a series of marches up the mountain wherein his grave is nestled, led by various scholarly families. It culminates in the grand visit of the family of Shaykh Abu Bakr bin Salim, captured here as people begin to gather for the march up, which draws people from across the world.’

  • Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    ‘Hopeful cats at sunrise waiting patiently behind fishermen.’
    Jeddah, Saudi Arabia ‘Hopeful cats at sunrise waiting patiently behind fishermen.’

  • Marahau, New Zealand

    ‘Normally know for golden sands, summer sunshine and stunning sunsets, Abel Tasman national park was host to an autumn storm that brought an intense rainbow to life.’
    Marahau, New Zealand ‘Normally know for golden sands, summer sunshine and stunning sunsets, Abel Tasman national park was host to an autumn storm that brought an intense rainbow to life.’

  • Alberta, Canada

    ‘A giant awakens in Banff national park. I caught this photo at a roadside pullout, the clouds were just starting to break and we had the place to ourselves. Shifting clouds revealed the brow and nose of a giant.’
    Alberta, Canada ‘A giant awakens in Banff national park. I caught this photo at a roadside pullout, the clouds were just starting to break and we had the place to ourselves. Shifting clouds revealed the brow and nose of a giant.’
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