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Weekend readers' pictures: Captive

In pictures: captive: Girl in cot
Andy Kennedy: “Our wee caged ­‘captive’ ­captivated me enough to get my camera” Photograph: Andy Kennedy
In pictures: captive: visitor at an Antony Gormley
Mark Drinkwater: “The visitors to an Antony Gormley ­exhibition seemed to be captive in a fog-filled glass room" Photograph: Mark Drinkwater
In pictures: captive: chimpanzee
Mike Hart: “This thoughtful-­looking chimpanzee caught my eye at Whipsnade Zoo – he seems entirely ­conscious of his captive status” Photograph: Mike Hart
In pictures: captive: Sunrise
Naomi Duffree: “My daughter was working in Greece this summer, and on her last day we went down to the beach to capture the sunrise” Photograph: Naomi Duffree
In pictures: captive: dog
Charlotte Barrett: "This is our dog Mabel, who is always looking for ways to escape from our garden" Photograph: Charlotte Barrett
In pictures: captive: National Museum of Wales in Cardiff
Judy Stephens: "At the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, a statue snatches his chance to beckon Renoir's La Parisienne - but no one escapes from this predicament" Photograph: Judy Stephens
In pictures: captive: tree
Tim Brown: "I wonder for how many years this old tree in North Yorkshire has been striving to burst through the railings that constrain it?" Photograph: Tim Brown
In pictures: captive: lizard and moth
Craig Mason: "As night falls in Aznajar, Andalucia, fat lizards lie in wait for translucent moths - both captivated by light" Photograph: Craig Mason
In pictures: captive: zoo
Gerry Greer: "Love them or hate them, this photo says it all about zoos" Photograph: Gerry Greer
In pictures: captive: prairie dogsed
Bill Reeds: "When you want to see the prairie dogs close up at Chester Zoo, you are the captive" Photograph: Bill Reeds
In pictures: captive: toad in spout
Annie Clarke: "A toad captured in my watering can spout. The good news is he escaped shortly afterwards" Photograph: Annie Clarke
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