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A photo of a village relief scene with a young man in a striped shirt and dark shorts being interviewed, a reporter's microphone with a green logo held to his face by a boy in a plaid shirt, and a camera tripod on the left. Behind them, several men and women and a girl with a long braid stand among debris and scattered litter near a palm-lined temple gopuram with sculpted figures. A pickup truck on the right is loaded with people and a statue-like figure, and a Tamil-script sign is visible on the vehicle.

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January 07 20122012-01-07January 06 20122012-01-06Relief distribution on a village street after a cyclone. Several men stand on top of a yellow-and-red vehicle, one in an orange robe and white head covering, others in light shirts and cloths, handing out metal bowls and food packets. Below, a crowd of children and women in saris, including a woman in a pink sari holding a bowl, reaches up toward the vehicle. A cameraman in a striped shirt films with a shoulder camera in the foreground. Damaged palm fronds and debris lie on the roadside, and a thatched hut stands to the right.2012-01-07January 06 20122012-01-06Daytime 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.2012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07A 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.2012-01-07A photograph of villagers gathered outdoors near a damaged whitewashed house with a tiled roof and palm trees, with a green truck behind them. In the centre, an older man with white hair and glasses, wearing a white shirt and white dhoti, gestures with his hands. Beside him a woman in a dark green sari with red bangles stands, and a woman in a light blue sari holds a plate of yellow food. A young woman in a white shawl and olive sari holds a metal bowl at left. A man in a white shirt stands with folded arms, and a cameraman with a video camera films at right. The scene appears to be cyclone relief distribution in a village.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.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesOutdoor 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