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A photograph of a large outdoor food relief kitchen under a patterned fabric canopy with striped red, green and black trim. Several workers wearing white hairnets cook and serve rice-like food from huge steel pots set on the ground, one man in a yellow-and-orange checked shirt pouring from a steel pot with a ladle. Men and women in saris and lungis move among the pots, and a line of people waits at the back. Steam rises from the cooking vessels, and a cloth hanging with peacock motifs is visible at left. The setting appears to be a cyclone relief meal distribution.

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Outdoor relief kitchen under a striped blue, green, pink and white canopy, with steam rising from large steel cooking pots set on portable burners. Several women in red and orange saris and men in white shirts and hairnets stir and ladle food from the big pots, with more workers and passersby visible in the background tents and open ground.2012-01-07A large outdoor cooking tent with striped purple, green, pink and white canvas covers steam rising over huge stainless steel cooking pots. Several women and men in white hairnets and aprons stir and serve food from the pots, one woman in a red blouse ladling rice from a bowl. Other workers move between tables and stoves in the hazy background under the tent, with plastic bags and vessels scattered on the ground. The scene looks like community food preparation for cyclone relief.2012-01-07Outdoor relief kitchen under a striped tent canopy, with steam rising from large aluminium cooking pots set on portable stoves on bare ground. Several workers wear white hairnets and aprons: a man in a white shirt and red cloth on his shoulder stirs a pot and pours from a steel pail, and women in red, orange and pink saris tend other pots. A gas cylinder and a sack of vegetables sit at the front. Other people move in the background.2012-01-07Outdoor 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.2012-01-06A photograph of a community kitchen under a striped canopy during an annadaan food service. A large steaming metal cauldron sits on a gas burner in the centre, where a person in a white head covering stirs the contents with a long ladle. Steam rises across the frame. Around it, several people in white head coverings and everyday clothes stand near the pot, one holding a white sack, and a person in a lavender sari handles food nearby. Red and orange patterned cloths hang from poles on the right, and a woman in an orange garment stands in the background near a white building. Gas cylinders sit at the lower right.2012-01-06A photograph of a relief camp under a large canopy with purple scalloped edges and red, green and white striped side panels. Beneath it, a group of about a dozen volunteers in white short-sleeved shirts, grey trousers and white caps or head coverings stand with their backs to the camera, working near large aluminium cooking pots and steel vessels set on the ground. Sacks of grain and rice are stacked on the right, alongside blue and red bags and cans. Other people in green headwear and saris move around the open-sided shelter and the cooking area in the background.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06A covered outdoor kitchen tent at a relief camp, with large steel cooking pots set on portable stoves and steam rising. Several men in white hairnets and white shirts stir the pots and serve food, one holding a ladle and another a steel bowl. Men in white shirts, a red shirt and a dark vest stand behind them watching, one wearing an orange dhoti and a white shawl. Bags of supplies, steel tumblers and lidded pots fill the foreground, with palm trees and striped tent canopies beyond. This is an annadaan food service scene.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor community kitchen under a large canopy with red, green, blue and purple striped edges and a paisley-patterned top. Several people in headcloths and hairnets work among steel cooking pots, pans and steamers on a dirt ground. A man in a plaid lungi stirs a huge pot over a stove, while others prepare food at a table of white grains and sacks of ingredients. A red gas cylinder and stainless steel containers sit nearby, with colourful patterned cloth hung along the side.2012-01-04