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Weekend readers' pictures: Novelty

In Pictures: Novelty: Atif Farooq
Atif Farooq: 'I took this photo of a friend enjoying his birthday present. It’s amazing how the novelty of a beach and a kite will turn anyone back into a kid. It was hard to tell if he was 30 or 13' Photograph: Atif Farooq
In Pictures: Novelty: Hans Hoekveld
Hans Hoekveld: ­'Superman in London? Bit of a novelty, that ...' Photograph: Hans Hoekveld
In Pictures: Novelty: Mark Whitaker
Mark Whitaker: 'I spotted this ­marriage proposal on a hillside in Snowdonia last week. A novel way to propose, I thought, and a novel spelling of ‘will’ thrown in for good measure!' Photograph: Mark Whitaker
In Pictures: Novelty: David E Nutter
David E Nutter: 'A novel use of Crawford’s crackers at the Wray Scarecrow Festival' Photograph: David E Nutter
In Pictures: Novelty: Emily Ballou
Emily Ballou: 'Taken from under the Millennium Bridge over the River Thames. The black imprint that appeared each time a foot stepped down offered a whole new view of tourism' Photograph: Emily Ballou
In Pictures: Novelty: Gemma Knight
Gemma Knight: 'Nothing can be more of a shock to the system than when you're sat on a quiet village beach on the island of Palawan in the Philippines when a military helicopter lands to drop three locals off. Most definitely a novel form of a taxi and a very surreal experience' Photograph: Gemma Knight
In Pictures: Novelty: Marc West
Marc West: 'The pope in this old snowglobe has risen from the depths' Photograph: Marc West
In Pictures: Novelty: Glen Scott
Glen Scott: 'The surprising part is the subject of this photo: a tub of hair gel' Photograph: Glen Scott
In Pictures: Novelty: Melissa Baddeley
Melissa Baddeley: 'Tired of taking the usual beach shots, I decided to take a couple of my daughter's playhouse inmates out of the loft for a trip to the seaside' Photograph: Melissa Baddeley
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