Children in and around east London and Epping Forest are helping spread some positivity during the coronavirus outbreak by putting up pictures of rainbows in their windows.

It is part of a national campaign called Chase the Rainbow. The trend began online and many schools across the country are encouraging their pupils to take part.

The colourful drawings and paintings are being displayed in people's windows in hopes that they can be enjoyed by other families going out for their daily walk.

On Tuesday, we asked our readers to send in pictures of rainbows they or their children have created, and/or to take pictures of any they have spotted on their daily walks.

We are now sharing their photos in hopes that they will help lift spirits during these uncertain times:

Jo Gilmore's daughter is asking people to keep smiling with this epic rainbow.

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This massive rainbow by Chloe Medway family is amazing:

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This five-year-old girl has painted a rainbow and put it by her window to ask people to "stay at home and play":

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Helen Daly-Evans' children Oliver and Florence from Epping painted these rainbows to cheer up passersby:

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And this rainbow put up in Leyton is reminding people to have faith. The photo was taken by Suzanne Huseyin:

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