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Weekend readers' pictures: Pairs

In Pictures: pairs: Krabi ­airport in Thailand
Leo Barnes: “Krabi ­airport in Thailand. The chairs stood out from the grey background both because of their coloured covers and the designated seating” Photograph: Leo Barnes
In Pictures: pairs: identical twins
Lucy Fisher: “My identical twin sisters, Rosie and Emily, ­relaxing in a deckchair with fairy tattoos” Photograph: Lucy Fisher
In Pictures: pairs: pair of sheep in Wales
Kevin Williams: “Near Lake Bala in Wales in the drizzling rain. This pair of sheep sheltering in an empty old cottage watched me go by without asking me in.” Photograph: Kevin Williams
In Pictures: pairs: Number 22
Naomi Roberts: “I’ve never thought of numbers as being affectionate” Photograph: Naomi Roberts
In Pictures: pairs: Girls with cameras
Kirstin McKee: "Everyone thinks our daughter Ella and her best friend Georgia are twins. When we were at the Acropolis, they turned on me with their identical cameras!" Photograph: Kirstin McKee
In Pictures: pairs: Shanghai
Jan Brewerton: "Shanghai pairs hung out to dry. Every street has something in the air" Photograph: Jan Brewerton
In Pictures: pairs: a pair of waders
Mike Collett: "A pair of waders on a beach with pairs of red legs" Photograph: Mike Collett
In Pictures: pairs: pair of owls
Chris Spink: "A rather bored-looking pair of owls in a niche in the wall at the back of their cage at the Raptor Research Centre in Ballymote, Co Sligo" Photograph: Chris Spink
In Pictures: pairs: pair of women in traditional spanish dress
Ann Turner: "A pair of women in traditional dress on their way to a festival in Valencia, Spain" Photograph: Ann Turner
In Pictures: pairs: whippets
Colin Duly: "On holiday in Lindisfarne, our mother and daughter whippet pair are closely monitoring activity in the graveyard" Photograph: Colin Duly
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