6 January 2011Last updated at 10:34

Your pictures: Celebration

Every week we publish a gallery of readers' pictures on a set theme. This week the theme was celebration and we start with an image by Hannah Lockley of her friend Simone celebrating the arrival of 2011.

Caroline Palmer-Myers: "New Year celebrations explode with a fantastic fireworks display at the Burj Dubai."

Sydney Langley: "Balloons at a Relay for Life (cancer fundraising event)."

La Purisima is a celebration to the 'purest conception of Virgin Mary'.

Cristian Vera: "Running with a bull effigy laden with burning fireworks. La Purisima is a traditional celebration to the conception of the Virgin Mary, San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua."

Hannah Keery: "I took this picture whilst snapping with my camera about the house on Christmas day."

A man blows out candles on a birthday cake

Jenny Boyd: "Celebrating my cousin's 30th birthday in Oxford."

AK Sivakumar: "Markali month of Tamil Calendar is meant for worship and houses are decorated with lights and colourful rangoli (floor decoration)."

Budi Arief: "Fireworks explode during the finale to the New Year celebration in Newcastle upon Tyne."

Daniel Furon: "Celebration of a newborn, Sonoma Coast, California."

And finally an image sent in by Parag Mahajan. If you'd like to enter, send your pictures to yourpics@bbc.co.uk. Further details and terms can be seen on the photo blog, just follow the link below this gallery.

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Your pictures: Celebration

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