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Night-time food distribution in a village lane lined with thatched huts and a plain wall. A truck bed with blue slatted sides is loaded with large steel vessels, and a man in a light blue shirt stands on it passing out containers. Many villagers crowd forward with steel plates and bowls raised, including women in saris and older women with grey hair, and children reaching up. Orange flags are fixed to the truck. On the right, a young man with a white tilak on his forehead and a light orange cloth draped over his shoulders holds a plate of food.

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Night photograph of a narrow village lane where people queue with steel bowls and pots to receive food from a small truck. A large steel cooking vessel sits in the truck bed, and two orange flags are mounted on the vehicle. Men in shirts and lungis hand out food from the truck while women in saris and younger children crowd closer, holding out their bowls. A man in a checked shirt stands prominently at left. Green and blue house walls frame the street. The scene shows community food distribution, with no identifiable a person present.2012-01-04January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesA crowded outdoor food distribution at dusk beside a blue-sided white truck with an open tailgate. Many people, mostly women and children, reach upward with steel bowls, plates and pots to receive food being served from the truck bed. A man in a light green shirt stands on the truck and passes vessels down, while a man in a white vest stands in the crowd. Several women wear saffron-toned and pink saris, one with a red bindi and braided hair; a child in the foreground smiles. Orange flags hang on a pole at the top of the frame and thatched huts stand behind.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04Night-time photograph of a food distribution at a cyclone relief site. A white and blue slatted truck with a chained tailgate stands at right, and a man in a red-and-white striped shirt reaches over its open back to hand out a steel bowl. Beside him an older woman in an orange-brown sari holds a bowl, and a young woman in a pink top looks down. On the left a man in a pale checked shirt steadies a large steel plate of yellow rice, and other people with steel bowls press in from behind. The scene is dark with a few hanging lamps and wooden poles in the background.2012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesJanuary 06 20122012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesNight photograph of a relief distribution at a truck with a wooden railing. Several men in light shirts and green caps stand on or beside the truck bed handing items down. Below, a crowd of women in colourful saris, including a yellow-and-brown floral sari and a teal floral sari, and children, one girl in a yellow top with a long braid holding a steel bowl, reach upward to receive them. An older bare-chested man with a white dhoti holds a steel vessel at left. The scene is lit by dim night lighting.2012-01-07Outdoor photo of a village lane after a cyclone, with damaged thatched and tiled houses, leaning palms and fallen debris. A crowd of villagers, mostly women in blue, orange and pink saris, reaches up toward a truck bed holding steel vessels. A woman in an orange sari and white head cloth stands in the truck, while a volunteer in a teal head covering and white top stands beside her, and another person in teal works below. Several children watch at the edges, and a small orange flag is visible on the truck. Relief food distribution is shown.2012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07