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Outdoor relief work on bare dirt ground beside a parked truck with an orange banner reading 'Thane Cyclone Relief Works'. Two men in white wear hairnets and plastic gloves while packing food. The man on the left wears a white dhoti with gold border and a long braid, leaning over a shallow steel vessel of foil-wrapped packets. The man on the right wears a white shirt and white trousers and bends over a large steel pot of foil packets. Two other partial figures stand at the edges, and metal pots sit in the background.

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January 03 20122012-01-03January 03 20122012-01-03Outdoors on bare ground, three men in white shirts carry a large dark metal cooking vessel filled with foil-wrapped food packets, one man in the foreground bending forward to lift it. Behind them a shirtless man in white dhoti with a red cloth and a mala stands near a green-painted cart and a teal container, and a figure in a red-and-white outfit and an orange-patterned tent canopy appear in the background. The scene suggests annadhan food packing and distribution.2012-01-04Outdoor relief scene on bare ground near palm trees under overcast sky. Three large metal pots hold stacks of crumpled silver foil packets. A man in a white dhoti and white shirt, with a green-and-gold edged cloth, stands at left holding a booklet. Beside him, a man in a white dhoti and yellow-bordered shawl holds packets. A man in a beige short-sleeved shirt holds a white packet. A woman in a green headscarf sits at a table with steel cups. A wooden pole and a cluster of motorcycles are visible behind them. Four people are visible.2012-01-03November 27 20122012-11-27A photograph of relief work in a coastal village with palm trees and a grey sky. A young man in a white dhoti and a white cloth draped over his shoulder, with a rudraksha-style bead mala, stands at the rear of a blue-slatted truck bed, bending over a large aluminium pot filled with silver foil-wrapped food packets. Beside him a worker in a maroon-patterned lungi and white shirt, wearing a green hairnet, reaches into the pot. Several men in white shirts and white hairnets crowd around the pot, while a row of tall palms and a small motorbike sit in the background. Orange flags and an orange-and-white cloth decorate the truck.2012-01-03Outdoor food preparation area under a blue tarp canopy on bare, muddy ground. Several volunteers in white clothes and green hairnets work at steel tables and stand near large metal cooking pots. A man in a brown shirt and dark trousers bends over a pot lined with aluminium foil, while a woman in a brown sari stands nearby. A white pickup truck is parked behind the tent beside a tent wall. Steel plates and bowls sit on the table.2012-01-03Four men in plain white shirts and dhotis lean over a large steel pot filled with foil-wrapped food packets, apparently preparing meals for distribution. The man at left wears a green hair net and a beaded mala, another wears a gold bangle, and the men at right have wrist threads. Behind them are large metal cooking vessels, a bench, and a banner with Tamil text on a red background. The setting is an outdoor relief kitchen with dirt ground.2012-01-04Outdoor relief work on a dirt track beside a cream-coloured van with a leafy green logo. A large orange banner with a portrait of a saffron-turbaned figure and Tamil-script text hangs from the vehicle. A man with bare chest, white dhoti with gold border, and hairnet walks carrying a large steel pot labelled MSR. Other men in white shirts and dhotis, some wearing green hairnets, follow and stand nearby; at right, a food-serving table is set up under a tarpaulin with palm trees behind.2012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor relief food distribution under a striped canopy with red, green and yellow fabric. Volunteers in white clothes and white hairnets or green head caps stand at a long steel counter packing food into foil containers and bowls. A large steel cooking pot sits on a stove at right, and a second small burner is nearby. A woman in a white sari with an orange border packs food at left, and a man in a white shirt ladles from the pot. Several onlookers, including children and a man in a checked lungi, watch from the sandy ground beyond the tent, and a red plastic crate and folded cloth lie at the lower right.2012-01-03January 03 20122012-01-03