Your pictures on the theme of 'the visitor'

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

Graham Wright: "This visitor arrived at the swimming pool where we were staying in Kefalonia in the golden glow of of the evening sun. It reminded us of a Big Cat at a watering hole. It had had a thirsty day's work."

Carsten Schnoor: "A beautiful butterfly came for a visit on my garden fence."

Eduard Yaco: "This photo was taken at our office in Al Nahda, Dubai. I was surprised by a pigeon visitor in our window."

Ellie Hogbin: "I spy with my little eye."

Peter Hillard: "A pair of superb fairywrens singing to their reflections in our kitchen window. It faces the sun and at certain times of the day is just like a mirror. The camera and I, though only inches away, were totally invisible to them. For small birds they were extremely loud. They also have great joie de vivre."

Steve Demeranville: "Saw this gentleman approaching a set of stairs with flowers and a Covid mask in his hand. It was left to the imagination as to the who, what and why for the visit."

Emma Warren: "On local election day, the polling station at Chertsey Museum, Surrey, was busy with a steady flow of voters. However, this visitor was unable to take part in the democratic process, unfortunately, due to not being on the register and not being able to hold the very small pencil in her paws!"

Anton Glaeser: "During our work as herders in the Austrian Alps we had a regular early morning visitor to our small wooden hut."

Joshua Laurence: "A visitor from another world."

Jane Elle: "A bug visiting a flower. I loved the contrast of colours."

Parnia Garansar: "This handsome tall fellow came to visit us when we stopped for afternoon drinks in a game reserve in South Africa. He had a look around and left after getting distracted by a better offer somewhere else."

Angela Parry: "Not the best way to welcome visitors."

Lisa Sutherland: "Tova is my neighbour's favourite visitor."

Callie Eh: "An adorable little visitor was waiting for someone to open the door in Chefchaouen, Morocco."

Steve Spalding: "Taken inside the Hyde Park Barracks, Macquarie Street, Sydney. An old colonial prison that was built in the early 1800s to house convicts."

Hayley King: "This cute squirrel visits our flat every day for his monkey nuts and walnuts. He has become that much of a cheeky chap that he is often seen making himself at home as he wanders around the living room."

The next theme is "skylines" and the deadline for entries is 4 October 2022.

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 upload your entries on this page or email them to [e-mail].

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

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