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Outdoor relief distribution beside a tall tree and a corrugated-roof building. A man at left wears a rudraksha mala and white clothes, his face turned away from the camera. A man in a striped shirt and blue hairnet stands with his back to the camera. A woman in a white blouse, green hairnet and red shawl with a gold necklace serves food from a truck bed. A woman in a green sari with a gold bangle stands at right. An orange flag and an orange banner with Tamil script hang behind them. Plain orange-and-white relief truck with food bags stacked beside them.

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