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Night photograph of an outdoor open-air food distribution line at a convention ground. Many people crowd the dark field, many holding white plates or cups, some women in colourful saris (green, yellow, pink). In the left foreground a man with a bright orange-red turban and orange-saffron robe stands beside a woman in an orange sari, and a bald man in a white shirt stands at the left edge. Along the right side a row of white-lit poles and a few lamps illuminate the scene, and a small purple logo sits at the top left. Several young men in yellow, white and orange-shawled clothing queue for food.

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