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Your pictures on the theme of 'circles'

12 November 2023

We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of "circles". Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world.

Molly Mae Bergum: "A frog peaks out its head from under the surface of a springtime puddle."

Molly Mae Bergum Frog in a puddle — Molly Mae Bergum: "A frog peaks out its head from under the surface of a springtime puddle."

Claire Louot: "Why think complicated when you can have it simple?"

Claire Louot Cup of coffee — Claire Louot: "Why think complicated when you can have it simple?"

Tony Cullen: "I took this in the underground part of Seville bus station[, Spain]. All of the stairways have portholes and act as a natural frame."

Tony Cullen Figure seen through a round window at Seville bus station — Tony Cullen: "I took this in the underground part of Seville bus station[, Spain]. All of the stairways have portholes and act as a natural frame."

Thomas Burke: "Seagulls get a prime seat and view atop public art in Ermoupolis port, Syros, Greece."

Thomas Burke: Seagulls on a round sculpture — Thomas Burke: "Seagulls get a prime seat and view atop public art in Ermoupolis port, Syros, Greece."

Mark Roughley: "I was learning how to take photographs of fireworks in prep for bonfire night, using the manual setting 'bulb with f/8 aperture'."

Mark Roughley Light circles made with fireworks — Mark Roughley: "I was learning how to take photographs of fireworks in prep for bonfire night, using the manual setting 'bulb with f/8 aperture'."

Phil Sinclair: "Not sure why this double-yolked egg amuses so much but it seems to make everyone smile."

Phil Sinclair An egg in a frying pan — Phil Sinclair: "Not sure why this double-yolked egg amuses so much but it seems to make everyone smile."

Jane Cropp: "Table decoration."

Jane Cropp Flowers in a table decoration — Jane Cropp: "Table decoration."

Nicola Wallace-Blaker: "Whilst visiting Lindisfarne, [Northumberland,] we went to the Holy Island lime kilns, built in the 1860s, and I was small enough to go through the 'eye', through which the burnt lime was drawn, and looked up to the sky."

Nicola Wallace-Blake View inside a lime kiln — Nicola Wallace-Blaker: "Whilst visiting Lindisfarne, [Northumberland,] we went to the Holy Island lime kilns, built in the 1860s, and I was small enough to go through the 'eye', through which the burnt lime was drawn, and looked up to the sky."

David Granshaw: "Dressmakers' pins with coloured threads, placed outside the depth of focus to give a colourful backdrop."

David Granshaw Coloured pins — David Granshaw: "Dressmakers' pins with coloured threads, placed outside the depth of focus to give a colourful backdrop."

Marius van Tetterode: "In the forest near Duesseldorf, Germany, I saw this 'circle'."

Marius van Tetterode Fungi on a tree stump — Marius van Tetterode: "In the forest near Duesseldorf, Germany, I saw this 'circle'."

Duncan Brookes: "A Porsche 911 caught in the mirror of a Morgan car at Bicester Heritage Scramble event [Oxfordshire]".

Duncan Brookes A Porsche car reflected in a mirror — Duncan Brookes: "A Porsche 911 caught in the mirror of a Morgan car at Bicester Heritage Scramble event [Oxfordshire]".

Diana Turner: "Perfect circles of giant water lilies snapped during a visit to Kew Gardens [Richmond]."

Diana Turner Water lilies — Diana Turner: "Perfect circles of giant water lilies snapped during a visit to Kew Gardens [Richmond]."

Sandra Prytherch took this picture at the Loon Mountain Gondola Summit, Lincoln, New Hampshire, USA.

Sandra Prytherch Telescope — Sandra Prytherch took this picture at the Loon Mountain Gondola Summit, Lincoln, New Hampshire, USA.

Ken Hirons: "Emerging tree ferns' fronds as circles."

Ken Hirons Ferns — Ken Hirons: "Emerging tree ferns' fronds as circles."

Lester Cunningham: "Gwennap Pit, in Redruth [Cornwall] - rumoured to be the site of a sunken mine or thought to be a natural formation, the layered concentric circles were used as a natural amphitheatre."

Lester Cunningham An amphitheatre in Redruth — Lester Cunningham: "Gwennap Pit, in Redruth [Cornwall] - rumoured to be the site of a sunken mine or thought to be a natural formation, the layered concentric circles were used as a natural amphitheatre."

Sarah Swanson: "Fresh acorns."

Sarah Swanson Acorns in a dish — Sarah Swanson: "Fresh acorns."

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The next theme is "tiny creatures" and the deadline for entries is 22 November 2023.

The pictures will be published later that week and you will be able to find them, along with other galleries, on the In Pictures section of the BBC News website.

You can upload your entries on this page or email them to yourpics@bbc.co.uk.

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Further details and themes are at: We set the theme, you take the pictures.

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We set the theme, you take the pictures