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A village street in Kuttiyankuppam after a cyclone, with a thatched hut of dried palm fronds and branches beside a utility pole. An elderly bare-chested man with grey hair and beard, wearing a white dhoti, stands at left and looks toward the camera. Two boys stand in the foreground, one in a blue shirt and one in a red checked shirt. A younger shirtless boy at right holds a white plate. Men in white shirts and shorts stand near parked bicycles, and a woman in a dark sari walks in the background under a large tree. The scene is seen through a vehicle window with its side mirror at lower right.

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January 06 20122012-01-06A photograph of cyclone-damaged village life in Kuttiyankuppam, Pondicherry. In the foreground a shirtless man with curly hair stands with folded arms, looking toward the camera. Behind him a bare-shouldered young man eats, and an older man in a red and white checked shirt and white dhoti sits beside a white bowl during food distribution. A man in a khaki shirt and blue-checked lungi stands near a girl in a turquoise dress with a pink beaded necklace. A woman in a green sari stands at right among other villagers. Behind them are a stack of red bricks, a broken thatched roof, a leaning utility pole, a white-washed wall with graffiti, bare trees and a parked vehicle with an orange flag.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06A photograph of a rural village lane with thatched-roof huts and a turquoise-painted wall. A group of men and women stand together watching something off-frame. Foreground men wear checked lungis and shirts, one in a white shirt with a blue-and-white checked lungi, another in a grey-and-white striped shirt with arms folded. On the right an older woman in a lavender sari and a woman in a dark floral sari stand beside a bicycle with a black box carrier. A small child is at the far right. Dry grass and bare earth fill the ground. No identifiable a person is visible.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06A rural dirt road lined with storm damage after a cyclone. Fallen palm fronds and broken branches are piled along the right side, and leafy shrubs grow beside them. On the left, a beige house with a green-trimmed balcony and a concrete block structure stand near the road. Two men in lungis walk along the dirt path, one in a yellow shirt and one in a white shirt carrying a shawl. In the distance, several people work near a white truck and a tiled-roof house, while coconut palms and a utility pole stand against a partly cloudy sky.2012-01-07Photo of a relief distribution in a village lane beside a thatched-roof white house with a palm-frond roof. A crowd of villagers presses around the open back of a wooden-slatted truck. A woman in an orange saree stands at the front, while on the right a person in an orange garment with a white shawl and beaded necklace stands at the truck. A man in a white striped shirt and a woman in a purple saree and orange blouse are close at hand; a girl holds a metal pot. Several people are bare-chested or in white lungis, and the setting suggests cyclone relief work with food and supplies being handed out.2012-01-06A cyclone-damaged village street in Kuttiyankuppam with fallen trees, scattered debris and torn palm fronds. On the left, a young man in a red shirt and yellow shorts stands near a yellow building with a terracotta tiled roof, while a shirtless man sits on a low concrete step eating. Several men stand in the road, including one in a teal shirt and one in a blue checked shirt, and a man in a yellow-green striped shirt and grey trousers photographs the scene with a camera. A green vehicle is partly visible at right.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06A damaged mud-walled hut with a collapsed thatched roof stands beside tall palm trees on a dirt road after a cyclone. Debris of broken palm fronds, branches and torn tarpaulins lies in front of the house, with a blue tarp draped over part of the roof. A man in a light shirt and sarong walks on the road in the background, and a motorcycle is parked nearby. Utility poles and a damaged shed are visible on the right.2012-01-07