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Your pictures on the theme of 'open doors'

15 January 2023

We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of "open doors". Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world.

Rachael Blakey: "An open door at an abandoned house in New Brunswick, Canada."

Rachael Blakey Old home with open door and windows — Rachael Blakey: "An open door at an abandoned house in New Brunswick, Canada."

Tricia Ryan: "This is Magic the beagle checking the weather before deciding whether to consent to going for a walk on a so-so day in chilly Dorset in November. I love this photo of her heading from the dark to the light."

Tricia Ryan Dog looking through a hole in a door — Tricia Ryan: "This is Magic the beagle checking the weather before deciding whether to consent to going for a walk on a so-so day in chilly Dorset in November. I love this photo of her heading from the dark to the light."

Harald Loeffler: "Family going up for their first skydiving adventure learned that doors just get in the way of a successful exit, and that at least one was superfluous."

Harald Loeffler Waiting to take off — Harald Loeffler: "Family going up for their first skydiving adventure learned that doors just get in the way of a successful exit, and that at least one was superfluous."

Robert Horner: "A pair of open doors within a pair of closed doors, Malaga, Spain."

Robert Horner People entering a church — Robert Horner: "A pair of open doors within a pair of closed doors, Malaga, Spain."

Elizabeth Roach: "Louisbourg National Historic Site, Nova Scotia. The charming 'garden keeper' enjoying a few moments of knitting and quiet before a shipload of tourists descended."

Elizabeth Roach Woman knitting — Elizabeth Roach: "Louisbourg National Historic Site, Nova Scotia. The charming 'garden keeper' enjoying a few moments of knitting and quiet before a shipload of tourists descended."

Lindsey Rolfe: "On Sunday night all the machines were empty and the doors were open in a launderette in San Francisco."

Lindsey Rolfe Washing machines — Lindsey Rolfe: "On Sunday night all the machines were empty and the doors were open in a launderette in San Francisco."

Olga Arune: "Let me in!"

Olga Arune Cat in a doorway — Olga Arune: "Let me in!"

Kristine Zlamete: "Dramatic entrance to the forest in Latvia."

Kristine Zlamete Doors in a woodland — Kristine Zlamete: "Dramatic entrance to the forest in Latvia."

Jennie Meakin: "Shake it off. Down the old windy streets of Bari, you can happen on someone mid-house clean. Suddenly a brush popped out the door, and back in almost as quickly."

Jennie Meakin A broom being shaken off outside a door — Jennie Meakin: "Shake it off. Down the old windy streets of Bari, you can happen on someone mid-house clean. Suddenly a brush popped out the door, and back in almost as quickly."

Jane Thakker: "An unexpected door in the grounds of a hotel in the Suusamyr Valley in Kyrgyzstan."

Jane Thakker Man walking through door in a field — Jane Thakker: "An unexpected door in the grounds of a hotel in the Suusamyr Valley in Kyrgyzstan."

Kevin Munt took this picture by the coast.

Kevin Munt Legs in a beach hut — Kevin Munt took this picture by the coast.

Tim Rishton: "Opening the door to let the lambs out after the winter's snow; competition to be first out is intense."

Tim Rishton Lambs — Tim Rishton: "Opening the door to let the lambs out after the winter's snow; competition to be first out is intense."

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The next theme is "together" and the deadline for entries is 24 January 2023.

The pictures will be published later that week and you will be able to find them, along with other galleries, on the In Pictures section of the BBC News website.

You can your entries on this page or email them to [email protected].

and conditions apply.

Further details and themes are at: We set the theme, you take the pictures.

All photographs subject to copyright.

We set the theme, you take the pictures