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Daytime photo of a cyclone relief distribution on a village street lined with palm trees and utility poles. A green truck with relief sacks and cargo stands in front of a whitewashed building with a balcony and round decorative medallions. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand near the truck, one standing on its bed and handling bags. Local children and young men watch from the roadside, and a small sign on the wall shows a portrait of an elderly man with Tamil text. A plain, documentary relief work scene.

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A photograph of a cyclone relief distribution on a village street. A green-and-yellow truck with an open cargo bed stands at the roadside. A woman in a pink sari with a green headscarf stands in the truck bed, and a man in white shirt and white dhoti leans over the truck bed. Beside the truck, a white sack is on the road, and a woman in a light grey headscarf and a girl in a floral dress stand near it. An older man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands in the foreground, and a man in a white shirt and blue checked lungi stands at right. A child in pink stands at left. Behind them are a pale two-storey house with circular ornaments on its facade, palm trees, and utility poles with tangled wires under a clear blue sky.2012-01-07A village street in daylight beside a low tiled-roof building with white walls and a blue signboard. A green open-bed truck is parked at the left, and a man in a white shirt stands on its bed handing items down to a crowd. Several women in colourful saris and head coverings stand in the truck bed. Around a dozen villagers, including men in white shirts and lungis, a child in a blue skirt, and women in pink and floral dresses, queue along the road holding steel pots and containers, waiting for relief supplies. Palm trees and a utility pole stand behind.2012-01-07Photograph of a village street after cyclone damage, with a crowd gathered around a parked truck receiving food. A large orange banner on the truck side shows a portrait and Tamil-script text. Several villagers in mostly plain clothes stand close together, including a woman in an orange sari at left, a young woman in a red and gold outfit holding a plate, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti, and an older man in white with an orange cloth over his shoulder. Broken palm trees, a leaning tree, and a thatched structure with a damaged roof appear in the background, beside an orange-walled house with a small shrine picture on its upper wall.2012-01-06A dusty village street after a cyclone, with bare and broken trees, a leaning utility pole and scattered debris. A crowd of villagers, mostly women in colourful saris and children, gathers in the road. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands among them, and a child sits atop a vehicle. Children in school-style shirts walk toward the camera in the foreground. A small roadside shrine with a deity murti and a yellow-draped structure appears at the right.2012-01-07January 06 20122012-01-06 +1 copiesJanuary 07 20122012-01-07January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor photograph of a village street in Kuttiyankuppam after the cyclone, showing relief distribution from a yellow three-wheeler van. A volunteer in an orange shirt and light green head covering stands in the back of the van handing items down. A man in a striped polo shirt stands on the van bed beside him, with a small orange flag mounted at the rear. On the ground, a woman in a teal sari and a young girl in a white top and grey skirt reach up toward the van, while a woman in a pink sari and a small child stand nearby. Behind them are a multi-storey concrete house, a thatched hut, a parked motorbike, and bare trees under a pale sky.2012-01-06 +1 copiesA photograph of a cyclone-relief distribution on a sandy village lane lined with storm-damaged trees and palms. A green flatbed truck carries volunteers in green head coverings handing out aid, and a large orange banner on its side shows a smiling man with long hair wearing an orange head wrap, with a printed Tamil caption beneath. Villagers gather around the truck, including a man in a checked lungi, a woman in a maroon sari and a girl in a yellow dress. A saffron flag flies from the truck and a green and white house stands to the left.2012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesA photograph of a village street after a cyclone, with a rust-orange truck parked on a dirt road. A white banner on the truck's side bears a saffron-robed figure and Tamil text. Several men in white and yellow shirts climb onto and work at the truck bed, while children and adults gather at the roadside drainage channel, one child holding a plate of food. On the right, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a red border stands watching. Damaged palm trees and a small concrete house with red walls are visible behind.2012-01-06Outdoor village street scene under tall palm and shade trees, with a thatched hut at left and a utility pole. A blue food-serving vehicle with orange flags stands in the middle of the road, where a man in a white coat and green cap ladles food from a pot while another man in a blue shirt lifts a white sack. Crowds of villagers surround it: women in saris and dhavanis, adults in white shirts and checked lungis, and many children, one boy in a green shirt smiling at the front and a small child being held on a hip. The scene shows an annadaan food distribution in a village lane.2012-01-06