Weekend readers' pictures: Affection

Richard James: “My son on his second birthday with his grandfather, who died a few months later. One of the last times they saw each other” Photograph: Richard James

Suzy Braye: “A spontaneous expression of affection between brother and sister, captured in the spring sunshine" Photograph: Suzy Braye

Mafalda Silva: “A rainy holiday in Torquay after a month of distance” Photograph: Mafalda Silva

Rosemary Wenzerul: “After 60 years of marriage, our friends are still as affectionate and in love as the day they married. They were so excited when they received their card from the Queen” Photograph: Rosemary Wenzerul

Lorenzo Zorzanello: "Our daughter, Ilaria, got emotionally involved with this stray dog on one of the beaches in Costa Rica. The two of them managed to connect so well that they had a daily rendezvous in the same location with never-ending exchanges of affection. She has since decided that dogs are everybody's best friends" Photograph: Lorenzo Zorzanello

Bernard James: "Malaitan children checking each other for nits - always done as a sign of care and affection - in the village where I stayed in the Solomon Islands" Photograph: Bernard James

Joe Russell: "On a riverboat on the Amazon, an old Amerindian man takes his granddaughter by the hand" Photograph: Joe Russell

Nicolas Croll: "I spotted these two penguins at London Zoo touching flippers. Initially I assumed it was a brief accidental contact but they stayed in that position for several minutes" Photograph: Nicolas Croll

Dennis Muir: "Taken at a birthday party in south London. My eye was drawn to this pair of bald heads" Photograph: Dennis Muir

Christopher Matthews: "I saw these two slugs in my garden. Usually they are my sworn enemies, but as they were making the yin and yang sign I thought: 'Even slugs need a cuddle sometimes'" Photograph: Christopher Matthews