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A photograph of a relief kitchen under a corrugated metal roof, with large black cooking pots and steel vessels on the ground and gas cylinders nearby. In the foreground, a man in a checked lungi and white shirt stands on the bed of a green-and-yellow truck, while several men with white head caps and white coats, plus a man in a green striped shirt and a man in a brown shirt, face the truck. Storm-damaged palm and bare trees stand behind the shelter, with other workers tending the cooking area. No one visible is clearly identifiable as a person.

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January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesJanuary 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor relief-camp scene under palm trees at a cyclone-hit village. Several men wear white dhotis and white shirts, some with light blue hairnets or caps, and handle large metal cooking pots and aluminium containers near a blue and green truck loaded with crates. A man in a bright orange dhoti and shawl, with a sacred thread and an ID lanyard, stands at right beside a chair and table. Two men in khaki uniforms stand by the truck, and a man in a green checked shirt stands at centre. Behind them are more trucks, a tarpaulin shelter and damaged trees.2012-01-06Outdoor relief kitchen in a cyclone-damaged village, with broken trees and palm trunks around a dirt yard. A blue-and-orange cart stands at left beside a sack and steel vessels. Several men in white shirts and trousers, several wearing green hairnets or caps, handle large pots and steel plates at a cooking station under a tarp frame. Strewn branches and a truck are visible behind.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor relief distribution at a village site under a striped canopy with palm trees behind. Several volunteers in white shirts and white hairnets stand around large steel cooking pots with lids on a metal table, while others unload red and blue plastic crates and steel pots from a white pickup truck. One volunteer on the right wears a white shirt, white dhoti and a rudraksha-style mala and looks on. A man in white clothing stands in the background near the truck. The scene reflects food service at a camp, with no clearly visible sannyasi in saffron.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor relief food distribution under a colourful striped canopy beside palm trees. Several men in white shirts and white hair-net caps stand at a truck with an orange banner; a small group of villagers, including two young boys in checked lungis and a woman in a white sari with green border, wait in line. Stainless steel pots and a steel tiffin stand on a table at right, and a large portrait banner of a smiling saffron-robed figure hangs at upper left.2012-01-04Outdoor relief work in a rural village under coconut palms. A blue-painted open truck bed with slatted sides sits in the centre, with a few white containers and bowls inside. Volunteers wearing green and white head caps stand around it, including a woman in a teal saree with a green blouse and men in white shirts and lungis. Large stainless steel cooking vessels and lids are stacked on a cart at right, and another truck with a banner stands behind. A cyclone-damaged tree line and bright sky appear overhead.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04A 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.2012-01-03January 04 20122012-01-04