Weekend readers' in pictures: clean

Solving the perennial problem of bath-less bathrooms whilst travelling round Australia with our twin girls. Photograph: Tess Chodan I was inspired to take this photo of the local Mumbai laundrette on my first ever visit to India. It was an amazing site to see in the middle of this huge city. Photograph: Nicola Russell We were in such a rush when we visited the Taj Mahal at sunset, but returning in the morning I got a real sense of its serene beauty. This man was just getting on with his job, keeping the place clean. Photograph: Laura Shetland Bath-time for my youngest son. Photograph: Pete Holmes The buildings on Burano are beautifully kept, and the clean washing is everywhere hanging outside the colourful buildings! Photograph: Jie Ding Sailors scrubbing the Aurora - the battleship that fired the first shots in the Russian revolution. There was lots of shouting and laughter, and no safety nets! St Petersburg, May 2007. Photograph: Roger Torode Cleaning windows of an apartment block in Australia. Photograph: Tara Mc Namee Helping out with the elephant bathing in Chitwan, Nepal. Photograph: Abigail Woodward