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Outdoor food-preparation area under a long canopy with striped red, green and maroon edging. Large aluminium cooking pots sit on metal stands over open heat, one pot steaming with yellow food. Several cooks wearing white caps and aprons stir and serve; one man in a light shirt stands at the centre pot. Stainless steel vessels, a bowl of sliced orange vegetables, and a ladle rest on the sandy ground. Coconut palms and a cleared site with debris are in the background.

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Outdoor cyclone relief kitchen under a striped fabric canopy and tarpaulin roof, with volunteers cooking annadaan meals in large steel pots on open stoves. Several workers wear white dhotis, white shirts and white hair-nets; a woman in a red-and-orange sari wears gloves and stands at a steel pot in the foreground. A man in a white shirt and dhoti stirs a pot, and a cameraman films beside the cooking area.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor relief kitchen under a large striped canvas awning on sandy ground. Several large aluminium cooking vessels sit on portable gas burners, one holding yellow dal-like food with green garnish, another a pale stew; one vessel is stamped MGR. Red LPG gas cylinders stand beside them. Workers in green caps, a man in a grey shirt and checked lungi, and a woman in a pink salwar tend the pots, while others move between tables and tents in the background. Coconut palms and debris are visible beyond. Annadaan food service at a relief site.2012-01-06A open-sided corrugated metal shelter used for mass cooking during an annadaan food service at a relief camp in a rural village. Large stainless steel cooking pots and lidded vessels sit on dirt ground, some on metal stands over small fires. Several people wearing white hair nets and light clothing move among the pots; one man in a white vest stands in the foreground, and a woman in a maroon top stands at right beside a tray of green vegetables. Trees and a open field are visible behind the shelter under hazy light.2012-01-06A photograph of an open-sided outdoor kitchen under a corrugated metal roof and tarpaulin, used for mass food preparation. Large steel cooking vessels sit on open wood fires on bare ground. Several people in white shirts and dhotis, and women in saris, wear blue-green hair caps and work around the pots and metal trays of cooked rice and prepared food. Sacks, plastic packets and bowls lie on the ground. Palm trees and a boundary wall are visible behind, and a child stands at the right. Plain work clothing and the open ground suggest a relief-food setting.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04An outdoor relief food distribution under a long canopy of striped tents in purple, pink, green and white with scalloped edges, set among palm trees. Volunteers in white shirts and mundus, some wearing green head caps and cloth face coverings, stand behind large steel pots and vessels on tables and the ground. Trays of prepared food, vegetables and bowls sit on a wooden table in the foreground, while a crowd of people in mixed clothing queues or waits along the stalls. A tall white metal cooking drum stands at right beside a white SUV. No a person candidate is visible.2012-01-04Outdoor relief kitchen under a striped purple, green and white tarpaulin canopy supported by wooden poles and rope. Large aluminium cooking pots of rice and vegetable preparations sit on portable gas burners and open fires on bare ground. Several people in casual clothing, some in sarees and one in a red shirt, stir, serve and tend the pots while others stand nearby. Plastic buckets, steel plates and a propane cylinder are scattered in the foreground, with trees and a blurred crowd behind.2012-01-06