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Weekend readers' pictures: Loss

In pictures: Loss: Lucia Hrda's grandfather
Lucia Hrda: “My late grandfather, aged 94, at his home in Skalite, northern ­Slovakia, awaiting the funeral cortege on the day of his wife’s funeral. After 70 years together, he faces his last years alone” Photograph: Lucia Hrda
In pictures: Loss: Hastings pier
Sarah Austin: ­“Hastings pier a few days after it caught fire. I love that a ball from an amusement machine survived, a small reminder of what was” Photograph: Sarah Austin
In pictures: Loss: empty house
Alex Grace: “Taken after my grandmother passed away. Seeing my grandparents’ house ­emptied of possessions was an ­emotional experience. Looking at the photos, I can still smell the way it was" Photograph: Alex Grace
In pictures: Loss: Missing tooth
Joanna Morris: “Thomas finally lost his tooth and got £1 compensation from the tooth fairy (it was 10p in my day)” Photograph: Joanna Morris
In pictures: Loss: Man's hand
Holly Tuckley: "My father, dressed for a funeral. I found it beautiful that even his hand conveyed sadness" Photograph: Holly Tuckley
In pictures: Loss: Puppy with shoe
Christopher Dennis: "I lost my shoes to this puppy on a farm as I changed into my wellies while researching farmland biodiversity in Ireland" Photograph: Christopher Dennis
In pictures: Loss: Santa Monica, California
Darren Lehane: "Street life, Santa Monica, California, 4 April 2010" Photograph: Darren Lehane
In pictures: Loss: Painted sign for pedestrian route
Susan Hunter Jones: "Painted signs for pedestrian routes slowly fade away. They become poignant reminders of all kinds of lost people" Photograph: Susan Hunter Jones
In pictures: Loss: Lost dummies
Pete Holmes: "I can only imagine some of the tears shed as a result of the loss of this little lot" Photograph: Pete Holmes
In pictures: Loss: monument in Volgograd
Alex Howell: "This monument in Volgograd to those killed in the Battle of Stalingrad really brings home the immense loss that war causes" Photograph: Alex Howell
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