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Your pictures: Taxis

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image copyrightJo Griffiths
image captionEach week we publish a gallery of readers' pictures on a set theme. This week it is "taxis" and we begin with this photograph, taken by Jo Griffiths, of a London black cab beside the harbour at Poole in Dorset.
image copyrightCharlotte Fechheimer-Picant
image captionCharlotte Fechheimer-Picant: "This picture was taken on my last visit to New York in August. I took it right outside Katz's Deli after a nice lunch with my Dad."
image copyrightMhairi Maclennan
image captionMhairi Maclennan: "Bug power. Crazy little Beetle taxis zip all around Mexico City - they made me scared and happy at the same time."
image copyrightJames Herrmann
image captionJames Herrmann: "A Shanghai taxi driver dressed to the nines on a Saturday night is ready to take us wherever we ask to go."
image copyrightOliver Hine
image captionOliver Hine: "It was a freezing cold day so it was heart-warming to see this message of love written on a taxi. The intended recipient - an individual, cabbies in general, London itself or indeed everyone who saw it - is a choice for the viewer."
image copyrightTracy Pochodowicz
image captionTracy Pochodowicz: "Need a ride in Prague? The headlights of another taxi created this reflection which caught my eye."
image copyrightIain Sutherland
image captionIain Sutherland: "A quick stretch. A Manchester taxi driver takes the opportunity to stretch out between fares."
image copyrightKeith Fackrell
image captionKeith Fackrell: "On a return trip in a taxi from Tate Modern and Tate Britain going to the train station. I noticed when the taxi halted in traffic the reflection in our taxi windscreen of a taxi immediately behind us."
image copyrightMatthew Leddy
image captionMatthew Leddy: "Inside a Hindustan Ambassador taxi in Calcutta with many other forms of other transportation in the background, including the famous auto-rickshaw. The taxi's meter was broken so five minutes of haggling ensued."
image copyrightRichard Haw
image captionRichard Haw: "Japanese taxi drivers are usually impersonal, but their service is probably one of the best in the world."
image copyrightMalcolm Chapman
image captionMalcolm Chapman: "A Mumbai taxi being repaired in a workshop close to the Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat in Mumbai. I was struck by the child on the back seat as the work went on."
image copyrightAudrey Cully-Fonseca
image captionAnd finally, a photograph from New York by Audrey Cully-Fonseca. The next theme is "zoos" and the deadline for your entries is 21 January. If you would like to enter, send your pictures to yourpics@bbc.co.uk. Further details and terms can be found by following the link below this gallery.

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