Weekend readers' pictures: Work

Alice Walsh: “Desks, chairs and typewriters abandoned in the ­Californian desert” Photograph: Alice Walsh

Steven Lochrie: ­“Seventh Avenue, New York” Photograph: Steven Lochrie

David Chittenden: “Ants hard at work” Photograph: David Chittenden

Zoe Crompton: “My boyfriend has our Staffy on his Facebook page, captioned ­Working Like A Dog” Photograph: Zoe Crompton

Fiacra Quinn: "Taken next to Darling Harbour" Photograph: Fiacra Quinn

Chas Perrett: "I was impressed by how he managed to steer straight with such a curved load" Photograph: Chas Perrett

Paul Dobson: "Taken in my back garden in the spring, this honey bee was working so hard it could barely carry its pollen load" Photograph: Paul Dobson

Dion Gifford: "Not the best quality pic, but made me smile - This chap was at work just off Tottenham Court Road" Photograph: guardian.co.uk

John Ellis: "Early in the morning when most people were still travelling into London this girl was already hard at work" Photograph: John Ellis

Phil Woolway: "I was stopped in my tracks with the sensation that I had stumbled across dinosaurs feeding as they mercilessly ripped into the building and pounded the earth" Photograph: Phil Woolway